Art Contents Archive

Strandbeest by Theo Jansen theojansen_official #theojansen

Coastal Foam, 2019 by US Erin Hanson #WomensArt https://t.co/Rl5utJmfct

The opulent fashion choices of artistkwesibotchway’s sitters reflect the mix of cultures and lifestyles he witnessed growing up in Accra. ⁠ ⁠ Link in bio to register for updates on our second collaboration.⁠ ⁠ Blue Stool, 2020⁠ ⁠ #kwesibotchway⁠

We’re back with another edition of the #PaintingPoll, and this week we’re celebrating #InternationalCatDay 🐱 Which of these feisty felines from our collection would you like to learn more about? Find the poll in the tweet below to cast your vote ⬇️ https://t.co/m58hN8Pcd8

“Cat in a Child Arm” 🎨#PaulaModersohnBecker 📅 1903 🏛️@kunsthalle_hb https://t.co/ZJt8wVQ7KQ #ArtworkOfTheDay https://t.co/WYbHkQH3KQ

Normalynn Ablao crochets these delectable fiber-rich pies, pastries, and chicken wings https://t.co/3JAE3GRPWX https://t.co/A2VUawFywZ

Police in Brazil found a painting, worth $59.1 million, by Tarsila do Amaral, one of the country’s most important modern artists, beneath a bed during an investigation into a group of stolen artworks. https://t.co/98PuglV6nZ

1830 sampler sewn by young woman servant, UK, Elizabeth Parker recounting the abuse she suffered, indicating the vulnerability of young working-class girls employed in households far from their families & the power of needlework as a form of women’s 'voice' #UnravellingWomensArt https://t.co/faQKbscE5V

Can you guess the #BiggerPicture 🤔 This outstretched hand features in one of the most popular paintings in our collection, which follows a mythological narrative. (You can find it in Room 10!) https://t.co/NKoarLwvuE

Phenomenal skies and animals in action top this year’s @NatureTTL photography contest https://t.co/G4KZzrq4Iy https://t.co/PfCNrQUU1O

What's going on here? Wrong answers only. “Portrait of an Extraordinary Musical Dog” 🎨#PhilipReinagle 📅 1805 🏛️@vmfa https://t.co/pluHhSn1re

On #WorldCalligraphyDay, make a plan to see calligraphy on view at the MFA! 🖌️ Bundō Shunkai was a high-ranking member of the Tendai sect of Esoteric Buddhism and an accomplished calligrapher. 🎨: "Yū-shin-shi-kyo" 游心至虚 (1953), Bundō Shunkai 豊道春海; panel; ink on paper https://t.co/jLZr15guA3

Wawiriya Burton, senior Australian Indigenous artist and healer who, in collaboration with her daughters, painted Mingkiri Tjukurpa, 2011 #WomensArt https://t.co/0foeq2wIpc

We hope you enjoyed learning more about Henri Rousseau’s ‘Surprised!’ Find this crouching tiger in Room 41: https://t.co/Kighqn7mDt https://t.co/cpi2VfvIMj

"Mum, I don't want war": A new exhibition brings together Ukrainian children's drawings of the war and drawings produced by Polish children in the aftermath of WW2 https://t.co/hwHuVr01jI