Art Contents Archive

#DYK there are *tons* (tons!) of art books you can read and download for free from our website? It's the perfect way to celebrate #ReadABookDay, if you ask us 📚❤️ Start exploring: https://t.co/SdDoLHcDUZ https://t.co/BdL5U0P98X

Many of the pieces replicate motifs found in nature or those prevalent in eastern European folklore, which artist Olga Prinku ties to her upbringing in the Republic of Moldova. https://t.co/shOKg1FZxc

Skeletons at the art academy? Jessie learns about the links between grave robbing, health justice, and the early connections between art and medicine in this new episode of "Becoming Artsy." Watch the full episode: https://t.co/BlE4HxDpoQ https://t.co/1TDpJyoGhw

New leaders, a new building, and a new vision at the Stanley Museum of Art are centering the work of Black artists in the Midwest. https://t.co/NXWQf8oFpL

We spoke with Deborah Fisher, astrologer and founder of arts nonprofit A Blade of Grass, about what we can expect this zodiac season. https://t.co/GEMGiHuXpO

On September 15, join #HewLocke at The Met for a conversation on "Hew Locke, Gilt"—the 2022 facade commission—to consider how Locke’s work relies on the strategy of appropriation and an aesthetic of theatricality to deconstruct iconographies of power: https://t.co/9IvXm3cMax https://t.co/v41fxE0zg7

The story behind the rediscovery of a striking mural of prophetic doves that the Brazilian artist Candido Portinari made in Paris https://t.co/DdEpFBoDcu

Artists have long been drawn to ceramics, one of the earliest and best preserved areas of artistic production across the globe, not only for the medium’s physical properties but for the opportunities its longevity provides to connect with and comment on the past. https://t.co/QOVNr5cnhs

Elias Zayat, a Syrian painter who helped formulate a kind of modernism specific to his home country, has died at 87. https://t.co/nAsJ1OdytM

Precious Scenes of Big Cats Cuddling 🖤🐆 by thebigcatsanctuaryuk 🎵 thexx - Fantasy https://t.co/YHDOMnqqih

Print editions of our Fall 2022 New York Art Guide are hitting the city this week! If you see us, @ us! Let us know which exhibitions you’re most excited about. https://t.co/6mwIGgwtHA

The coins had been buried for generations and now could sell for at auction for as much as $280,000. https://t.co/ykpewj2wJN

Happy Birthday, Andrea Zittel!⁠ ⁠ Image: Andrea Zittel, 'A-Z Personal Panel, Altadena, CA, 1998,' 1999⁠ ⁠ andreazittel #AndreaZittel #birthday #happybirthday #hbd #artistbirthday #otd #onthisday

At the inaugural edition of the fair, highlights range from presentations by Seoul upstarts to an artist’s NFT collaboration with a Korean tech company. https://t.co/9jittiJM1F

The judges of the $50,000 prize praised Alcántara “for his extremely accessible, honest and non-elitist art practice [and] for his tireless fight for freedom of expression in Cuba and his stance against censorship and political authority.” https://t.co/XUGomV47YU