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This captivating portrait by Alice Neel depicts the artist and activist Irene Peslikis—a member of a new generation of revolutionary feminists that Neel began to paint in the early 1970s. © The Estate of Alice Neel #MetAliceNeel https://t.co/qOd2SQaWed

Download more than 1,000 Japanese woodblock prints by Edo-era master Utagawa Hiroshige. https://t.co/LE2x3i0qFM

A man has been charged with wire fraud after trying to sell forged paintings that he claimed were originals by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat https://t.co/pEs0iIT7wZ

Let's get these puns Gogh-ing... 😉

Interest in and demand for the Nigerian painter’s work has increased dramatically—and globally—over the past year. https://t.co/snuJzgi450

A tapestry purchased in the 16th century could cost the equivalent of 52 milking cows. (Talk about some serious moo-la 🐄) Explore historical worth and relative value systems in "Relative Values: The Cost of Art in the Northern Renaissance." https://t.co/cRea26mmEp

Sotheby’s just sold someone an actual diamond for $12 million in cryptocurrency in Hong Kong, and other stories: https://t.co/2yC6b9xomv https://t.co/wMdnwxgUyv

Fantastic Photographs of Nordic Landscapes https://t.co/gfBGEsqbx0 https://t.co/2uTm7fIzm2

Art question of the week: What's your favorite art pun?

The Baltimore Museum of Art is working with a group of 17 security officers to offer different perspectives from within the museum hierarchy https://t.co/EmzuHuPm3D @artbma

Beautiful & Creative Tribute to Kobe Bryant 🏀 by Rudy Willingham 🎵 Vitamin String Quartet - God’s Plan https://t.co/0LQUzcqZ8Z

#AliceNeel’s relationship with second-generation feminism was sometimes strained, but she nonetheless supported—and was supported by—the movement. See this striking work on view in "Alice Neel: People Come First" before the exhibition closes on August 1. https://t.co/d1XRD1xClw

"For my gallery, we don’t need to have a global empire of 14 or 15 spaces," said dealer Friedrich Petzel, whose New York gallery is set to double in size with a new expansion https://t.co/sK7gd39bNl

Today we're admiring Antonius Bui's monumental cut-paper portraits that celebrate the fundamental importance of community and friendship https://t.co/ZeMBMbXEnd https://t.co/U7gmPuLfWi

Ruby is July's birthstone, and several rubies make up this Harry Winston necklace photographed by artist Hiro. Hiro was working as a staff photographer for @harpersbazaarus in 1963 when he photographed this Ruby and diamond necklace from @vancleefarpels wrapped around a hoof. https://t.co/gYMoGavVKC