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Ride or die ☠️ This striking two-sided terminal bead—the last bead on a rosary—joins a skeleton to a pair of young lovers. This #MomentoMori, or reminder of death, would have encouraged one to reflect on the transience of life. Learn more: https://t.co/lo3H1vVdhm https://t.co/0GPwXF9v8m

To escape Facebook’s scrutiny, Vienna museums are revealing their raciest art (and educating the masses) on the adult site OnlyFans: https://t.co/xSEceI0nzN https://t.co/daQZqQkEqi

Master fruit carving food artist Daniele Barresi crafts incredible masterpieces from avocados. https://t.co/mEPFndu9SW https://t.co/ci1ukoaUzz

Don't miss this mesmerizing dance performance for the Paralympics hand off ceremony choreographed by Sadeck Waff: https://t.co/msT63gguG3 https://t.co/nuogZcpPGq

The exhibition "Holbein: Capturing Character in the Renaissance" opens at the Getty Center today. The 16th-century German artist Hans Holbein the Younger created portraits for many patrons, including scholars, politicians, and courtiers, in Switzerland and England. https://t.co/8gqjP49vdP

#MetKidsFunFact: People used to walk all over this work of art! 👣 This floor mosaic from around 500 features Ktisis, who represents the act of building, and a smaller figure who holds a cornucopia—a horn filled with flowers and fruit. Learn more: https://t.co/QQxhdPWzRS https://t.co/sHGgZG8QYq

Holbein's drawings and paintings, enriched by inscriptions and evocative objects, offer richly detailed visual statements of personal identity. https://t.co/aqm7ycfum9

A painting on a postage stamp? 💌 Paul Ackroyd introduces Lawrence's 'Red Boy' – a work so popular it was the first-ever painting to feature on a British stamp: https://t.co/rIna2UvF5L https://t.co/AVlHvKbtVU

106-year-old artist Carmen Herrera has been creating abstract paintings and sculptures showcasing bold, straight-edged geometry for more than 70 years. Her large-scale monochromatic sculpture "Estructura Verde" is now on view at LACMA. https://t.co/MYDjxF6ijN https://t.co/hkA3UYSgxP

This #WorldBalletDay 🩰 take a peek behind the scenes into a day in the life of a dancer with @ENBallet https://t.co/jiwmFOvYcM

Visit the Getty Center and explore the Renaissance culture of scholarship, self-definition, luxury, and wit in the first major presentation of Holbein's art in the U.S. https://t.co/wGLwd2K2KF https://t.co/4J4NubFKY8

Former 'Grey's Anatomy' star Jesse Williams has already amassed a collection of 250 works by artists of the African diaspora, many of whom he's close with https://t.co/x1QXEj6ykq

#EkuaHolmes' "Golden" (2009) radiates the optimism and potentiality of children as they jump into the possibilities of tomorrow. ✂️🎨 See this colorful work and other vibrant collages by the artist in "Paper Stories, Layered Dreams," now on view: https://t.co/MITCzceWha https://t.co/GJ23fExnRB

One of a Kind: Unique Photographs is live on #ArtnetAuctions! 🌈⁠ ⁠From Peter Beard's photographs decorated with intricate drawings to William Klein's images marked with blue household paint, every work in the sale has an element that makes it unique: https://t.co/g7pvcUuY9a https://t.co/wDw2Pe79HW

How Paris Hilton and Martha Rosler both "subvert traditional kitchen etiquette to deliver a satire of domestic life.” https://t.co/EnVYtxvUOP https://t.co/ZOY4N8vgA4