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'Dark Water' stone lithograph, by contemporary Canadian printmaker Elisabeth Sommerville #WomensArt https://t.co/l52HXGqHSh

Saturday blues 💙 What’s your favorite place at home? “The Blue Kitchen” 🎨 #LudvigKarsten 📅 1913 🏛️ @nasjonalmuseet https://t.co/aHhISVwwFb

On August 6, 1965, exactly 20 years after the destruction of #Hiroshima, Kawada Kikuji published his groundbreaking photobook "The Map (Chizu)," a searing humanitarian statement about the profound effects of the nuclear bombings in Japan. https://t.co/OeF0CvFJP8

Which of these 'Art History Heroes' is your favorite? 🌹🌻📜🍏 Learn more about each one in the My Modern Met Store! https://t.co/DuDrjCJEx2 https://t.co/oSrAGbQJat

#SuzanneLacy’s work offers a rich spectrum of ways to face unyielding problems and irresolvable questions. https://t.co/LAJ9j5BSRG https://t.co/CbJMP8Q36e

Today, we're honored to announce the important acquisition of the book’s 87 photographic images as well as their negatives, Kawada’s binders containing contact sheets and personal notes, and a rare first-edition copy of the photobook itself. https://t.co/o6sb7qP5mh

Fossils Woven on a Bed of Embroidery https://t.co/lUYSDXEKK5 https://t.co/FQRmM2g8t2 https://t.co/WjRsiTF7lT

Dolomites in 50 Shades of Grey https://t.co/M6FsnwwvCj https://t.co/dlnGNjbYpF https://t.co/dTVrMYDk5x

Through a mastery of metaphor, Kawada’s photographs raise questions not only about the identity and role of Japan through the course of World War II and afterward, but also the pervasive cultural disruption that was caused by the American Occupation of Japan. https://t.co/vvr9N36y0o

Neon uterus with boxing glove ovaries by artist Zoe Buckman #WomensArt https://t.co/Hg7wXhvogw

Diego Velázquez died #OnThisDay in 1660. His emotive depiction of 'The Immaculate Conception' is one of the first examples of this subject produced in Spanish art, with imagery based on the New Testament Book of Revelation: https://t.co/fEX62u9Mfv https://t.co/qHCwElLkmW

Happy birthday Andy Warhol. Marie Cosindas made this photograph of Andy Warhol at the Factory in 1966 for her series “The Dandies”, which featured a handful of stylish men such as the writer Tom Wolfe and the painter Richard Merkin. https://t.co/BMiHVM9seU

A 54-year-old history teacher in Connecticut just became one of the art market’s fastest-rising stars: https://t.co/ZHLXl7kyDx https://t.co/OzJZcZgprL

Two tiny islands off the coast of Maine—a former family retreat of the artist Andrew Wyeth—have been sold to nearby @ColbyCollege, which is using them for climate change research and artistic fellowships https://t.co/DLpgQ9m6bj

'Poppies' by Elizabeth Blackadder, Scottish painter and printmaker, first woman to be elected to both the Royal Scottish Academy and the Royal Academy #WomensArt https://t.co/Lh8THBrI2K