Art Contents Archive

Writing with a view 🗻 This lacquered box, created to hold an inkstone and writing implements, is better known as a "suzuribako." Japan's most famous scenic view—Mount Fuji—is depicted on the lid. Learn more: https://t.co/QBkfFhwzKS https://t.co/cawDa1WdlK

"Black American Portraits" opens at LACMA on November 7. https://t.co/fmqR4mIVPB

Shamsia Hassani, Afghanistan's first female street artist, has been publishing her heartbreaking response to the Taliban coming into power. https://t.co/hmsArDE8Ki https://t.co/yuVHjsxQKE

The Hamptons Fine Art Fair is bringing more than 50 galleries—plus an M.C. Escher show—to a Southampton architectural icon: https://t.co/DeCMDQrdsd https://t.co/o9vWQWZpVx

The New Museum is heartbroken to learn of the passing of artist Kaari Upson (1972–2021). Upson's contributions to the art world included remarkable works across mediums that expressed the desires, neuroses, and vulnerabilities that haunt the subconscious of popular culture. https://t.co/H1qvjATWND

A 1925 self-portrait (some might call it a selfie) for your timeline on #WorldPhotoDay 📸 Photographer Germaine Krull was the toast of Paris in the 1920s. Learn about her work illuminating queer life in interwar France: https://t.co/KbZsOi2pYZ #NewWomanPhotographers https://t.co/7J6CcV7BW3

This clever new Hans Christian Andersen museum looks like it sprang from one of the author’s fairy tales: https://t.co/FQjtNVcxGL https://t.co/QXokCBKkWA

Tiny humans perched on winged beasts reach for the sky in the company of a chameleon, cornucopia, and urn. What's going on here? #StopScrolling These bronze babies and their animal companions are part of a pair of firedogs, which hold logs in a fireplace. https://t.co/zHspglWRtE https://t.co/kfcSLM7m9H

A centuries-old monastery that once was led by an Anglo-Saxon queen has been found in a British town https://t.co/cUwk36qCqv

Kaari Upson had been fighting breast cancer for many years and spoke about how the illness influenced her work https://t.co/bGqTvJ1zUq

Looking to make some weekend plans? 👀 Grab a pal and check out "The New Woman Behind The Camera"—a @nytimes critic's pick—or any of the fabulous exhibitions from our friends at @MuseumModernArt, @whitneymuseum, @NoguchiMuseum, and more! https://t.co/2L3EXHh5jA

Chuck Close, an artist known for his Photo Realist and large-scale portraits of friends and fellow artists, has died, aged 81 https://t.co/yws0Hi2oEB

Polish athlete Maria Andrejczyk decided to auction her silver medal in order to raise money for Miloszek Małysa, a toddler who needs life-saving surgery. https://t.co/8w2bzULppF

Duchess Kate Middleton’s intimate portraits of Holocaust survivors are part of a touching tribute exhibition in London: https://t.co/g7zvsOgkMj https://t.co/BLlK62Fj4J

Stunning Frozen Falls in Niagara ❄️ by Ty Lekki 🎵 @M83 - My Tears are Becoming a Sea https://t.co/0tu80xP48T https://t.co/UYbD4TUvfT