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Portuguese abstract painter Helena Vieira da Silva's stained glass window, Reims Cathedral, France, 1966 #WomensArt https://t.co/aAZauspkE5

The wait is over.   After two years, the Alexander Calder mobile has returned to its rightful place in our East Building Atrium.✨ https://t.co/nERfgGoivI

Claude Monet got down to the bare essentials of what he looked at. This meant a return to basic materials—stones, light, water, mist—interacting to produce a mosaic of hues that saturate the surface of the canvas. #ThannhauserCollection Learn more: https://t.co/LLrx20HGth https://t.co/HQZ1QbZ6Co

Archaeologists digging in an ancient Greek city uncovered a monumental 2,000-year-old statue of Hercules: https://t.co/PTLJq6JXLZ https://t.co/SNn7NKXUSi

© John Phippe Falther https://t.co/rua35nuI95

After coming down in 2020 to accommodate the replacement of our Atrium skylight, the museum is thrilled to announce that we have completed reinstallation of the largest mobile Calder ever made.  ("Untitled," 1976, aluminum and steel, 358  x 911 in, 920 lb., Collectors Committee)

Artist Mila Zemliakova weaves textile traditions and nature in her menagerie of contemplative, oversized animals https://t.co/bRLGTwSlnS https://t.co/Zgel6SjznN

"I want to make pictures that mean something." David LaChapelle on turning away from celebrity portraits to create more enigmatic images: https://t.co/TaNMtKOEmj https://t.co/DjQWonTME2

This photograph is from a powerful series titled “From Here I Saw What Happened and I Cried” by Carrie Mae Weems. The music notes are a section from the Billie Holiday song “God Bless the Child.” What do you hear when you see this photo? https://t.co/6w96rMEq74 https://t.co/o2qRWWci0A

Union members say MoMA offered workers the option to forgo pay raises in exchange for keeping their jobs through the pandemic. https://t.co/9jvVFXqBWQ

“Steel Roof Barn in the Swamp,” me, oil, 2022

En plein air

The rarely seen art collection of a former T.V. lawyer could sell for $100 million at Sotheby's: https://t.co/HqgFYeTDlL https://t.co/x78haj6whz

Did you know that Calder once planned this sculpture to be created w/ steel? Once the artist realized that the mobile that would need to be light enough to respond to the air Atrium currents, you’ll never guess who worked w the artist to devise a solution👉🏽https://t.co/L5VpM3fELB

“Backcountry”—an exhibition of new paintings by Mark Grotjahn—is now open at Gagosian, Grosvenor Hill, London. This is his first exhibition at the gallery in London since 2016: https://t.co/shLfMBpWUZ https://t.co/z3PtnVIM2M

It could mean that Tutankhamun’s tomb is even bigger than Egyptologists have long thought it to be—and that they will be one step closer to finding Nefertiti’s burial place. https://t.co/u9fCEiLJ4b