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Dress like it's 5 o'clock somewhere 🍸 #DYK: In the late 1940s, Christian Dior was the first designer to name an early evening frock a “cocktail” dress. Dive into the history of cocktail hour attire on the #MetTimeline → https://t.co/Vk8llZgz0V https://t.co/Fg4rITB7YE

Spectacular footage from Dr. Adrian Smith records seven moths as they take flight in stunningly slow motion https://t.co/TzWR3I9NXH https://t.co/cONK6GIK2r

The Left Fist Has No Strength, 2007 🎨 Chen Fei https://t.co/ZkxY6kD97t

pause everything, important question: is this lion 😅 or 😭? https://t.co/rAjHyh0JED

Grimes, Bon Iver, and other musicians are creating immersive art experiences to draw attention to the climate crisis: https://t.co/kVZvLkzTFK https://t.co/2Wa8wu5tBv

"Each week I would take some pictures in to show the supervisors, and there were some of the Bowery. He said, 'Nice girls don't go down on the Bowery.' And I said, 'Well I'm not a nice girl. I'm a photographer. I go anywhere.'" —Berenice Abbott #NewWomanPhotographers https://t.co/hw5s9mYkYs

🎨 Markey Robinson (1918 – 1999) https://t.co/jfSZKFtKBO

✉️ For our last Hey Kids! Art Crew send an artful message to a friend or family member inspired by artists #OnKawara and #MartinWong. Then share what you made with kids from around the world in virtual sessions this Thursday, August 5. Learn more: https://t.co/xNDGGVH67c https://t.co/VwoyW18vKM

The U.S. returned more than 17,000 artifacts to Iraq, in what officials are calling one of the biggest bulk repatriations to the country ever https://t.co/JqZulAikvG

"This drawing tells an entire story without color or words." —Hirlary Peña, Curator and Senior at Boston Latin Academy See "Gabrielle" (1998) by #JohnWilson on view in "Black Histories, Black Futures," an exhibition curated by teen scholars: https://t.co/NL4PQrv0SU https://t.co/rfQGjLdX7n

Where To, 2018 🎨 Eleanor Swordy https://t.co/Nfot9S653y

Take me out to the ball game...or at the very least, to see "Baseball Cards from the Collection of Jefferson R. Burdick" ⚾ Catch more than 100 baseball cards produced between the 1880s and the 1950s on view at The Met through November 22. https://t.co/Os9ahNyuG4

Calling all photographers with a sense of adventure—Hotel Rangá in Iceland is offering a unique opportunity. https://t.co/LsfnPcxYnr

This stained glass panel was made around 1520, and displays the crest of Charles Brandon, First Duke of Suffolk—a gold lion with white drops crowned with a white coronet. Look closer: https://t.co/zrNsxye41Y

Bubble gum has been part of pop culture for decades, but its art historical record is still relatively undigested. Hannah Wilke is one of many in the elastic history of bubble gum-as-art. https://t.co/YilhcW48Pr