#MetKidsFunFact: In the Middle Ages, mythical creatures known as griffins were seen as guardians and gatekeepers. They watched over doorways or transitions from one place to another. Learn more: https://t.co/hmUSBDJgGr https://t.co/FqWPQ7twsN
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Bug infestations at museums surged during lockdown. Here’s how they are fighting back to defend their art from pesky critters: https://t.co/I4ywNGhMB1 https://t.co/r23B9gRGzR
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#JohnChamberlain: "Stance, Rhythm, and Tilt," an exhibition of sculptures by John Chamberlain (1927–2011), is now on view at Gagosian, West 21st Street, New York: https://t.co/7B2JOsCnPO https://t.co/fUyEEgjVcc
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Momentary movements are cast in bronze in Isabel Miramontes’s segmented sculptures https://t.co/Ueuhd3hooi https://t.co/ALdVUb6bSE
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Night demons of sky and earth, 1961 by Inuk artist Pitseolak Ashoona #WomensArt https://t.co/56oCD4XnRp
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In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the Morozov brothers assembled one of the richest art collections in Russia. For the first time, it's traveled outside the country https://t.co/SDr5GK0sMZ
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Works by Jenny Saville, Julie Mehretu, and Kerry James Marshall, among others, are currently gaining traction among collectors. https://t.co/0MOQ4lnmPd
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A new exhibition gets at the truth behind the Salem witch trials. In some ways, it’s scarier than the lore: https://t.co/DDEUfmTJDl https://t.co/OSccnUAXec
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Araf, me, animation, 2021
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This is a drawing of Anne Hathaway. I draw this using dry brush technique with Charcoal on Canson paper.
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Today's news is out with the artist-designed plates fundraising to fight hunger, Shoplifter's technicolor hair installations, and the split-view photos documenting life above and below the ocean. See more: https://t.co/qG5UUvFUlR https://t.co/UphINMHiE1
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In 1970, photographer Anita Jones, captured how salt was collected seasonally along the shores of the Alotengo lagoon, near Pinotepa Nacional in Mexico. Learn the process of this artisanal craft in a brief #thread. @MUSEO_TEXTIL https://t.co/zavUpv6FA6
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From a lock of Beethoven’s hair to one of Shakespeare’s first folios, the New York Public Library’s “Treasures” exhibition is an extraordinary trove of rarities. https://t.co/iarbqqhfEO
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