Art Contents Archive

Happy birthday to the @NatlParkService! 🌲 ❤️ Taken in 1861, these photos of what's now @YosemiteNPS were among the first images of the valley sent back east. These images would help inspire President Lincoln to protect Yosemite through a bill that set the blueprint for NPS. https://t.co/H65eQf5Iz6

Five years ago, Dominique Fung was painting in a basement below a Toronto nail salon. Now, she’s the toast of the art world: https://t.co/NtH9Rj57qa https://t.co/BnauQbOqH6

French artist Steeven Salvat reimagines butterflies as skeleton keys with “stained glass”. Wings https://t.co/e232bwyz7m https://t.co/SgHSqGF62P

With the return of the Taliban, who have a documented history of attacking art, there is a potential cultural catastrophe that must be stopped https://t.co/kqlJfXDhfK

Writer and educator Sam Ramos is collaborating with occupational therapists and students to examine how civic wellness workshops impact empathic thinking. https://t.co/xz5DCHo04A

#DYK: During the 1800s and earlier, many young American girls learned how to make needlework—or embroidered works of art—at home and at school. 🧵 The Met has a large collection of American needlework! Take a peek at some examples with #MetKids. https://t.co/ryXc3hufUU

Artist Alison Elizabeth Taylor on making intricate wooden tableaux while her kids Zoom for school in the background: https://t.co/CJnJJYuvAY https://t.co/l1UJ2aq4Pa

Nearly everyone who witnessed violinist Camilla Urso’s virtuosity in the 19th century marveled at her fusion of passionate playing and poise. So why is she almost entirely forgotten? https://t.co/BtLYjV3DS8

Engineer @mferraro89 hides holographic images inside smooth translucent windows that can only be exposed by light. See how the design works today on Colossal: https://t.co/3waHNYotF2 https://t.co/tpnff37tN4

The National Museum Wales will restore a Manet portrait thanks to a grant from TEFAF https://t.co/rVICxS1zFv

Learn more about photographer Carleton Watkins' 1861 journey in Yosemite and see more of his photos—including this image of the 3,000-year-old sequoia (!) known as the "Grizzly Giant." Start here: https://t.co/XW9IhBvinM Psst! 📸 This photo is currently on view in Gallery 746. https://t.co/3DydnCZ7Dn

Art Industry News: Tracey Emin wants her studio to become a museum that her ghost can haunt after she dies + other stories: https://t.co/WuSTlh18hC https://t.co/AqMteinsqq

Based on the creative caretakers she knows personally, Suzanne Schireson’s latest oil paintings are featured in “INSIDE ROOM,” an exhibition in small art gallery boxes installed throughout Asheville, NC. https://t.co/LQZAw0Z8JO

Are PFPs the future of NFTs? In combining the thrill of gambling on stocks with the pleasures of creating a digital persona, they could reshape how works made in the medium are bought and made https://t.co/TKeS95D1by

Read more about the 2021 Mellon Summer Academy proposed exhibition, "These Unprecedented Times," which explores solitude, anxiety, and loss while also highlighting the optimism for reconnection and the restoration of intimacy. https://t.co/GFALIYLgYW https://t.co/dgbqyjKWao