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It's #InternationalSlothDay so we bring you the laziest of the Seven Deadly Sins.⁣ In this 1558 engraving by Pieter van der Heyden—made after drawings by Pieter Bruegel the Elder⁣—#sloth is personified as a shabbily dressed woman, who sleeps away the day resting on a donkey.⁣ https://t.co/WqbIYmQX8V

Emily Eveleth applies classical painting techniques to her evocative quotidian subjects. https://t.co/hUd1FKxxN7 https://t.co/gHGDv3y1Dg

What did the average person's furniture look like in the 1700s? (Hint: not like these) https://t.co/cUuvTJi8Kg

Spanish artist Laura Dalla Vecchia stitches amazing bird designs onto dried leaves and twigs. https://t.co/703vNXmm4B https://t.co/6tafj8OtJ6

Pejac's poignant new works confront the urgency of multiple global crises in disquieting detail. His largest exhibition to date opens in Berlin later this month https://t.co/eCo2pztlec https://t.co/Qjh4xq1G0W

A company installed a bronze gorilla opposite Wall Street’s ‘Charging Bull’ in a confusing statement about capitalism ‘going bananas’: https://t.co/cUZo8kCgWk https://t.co/j37Gj93TLY

In her research-based practice, Chung mines colonial archives to give voice and power to those who have historically been oppressed and silenced. https://t.co/GnEBwVgWY5

‘The Credit Suisse Exhibition Dürer's Journeys: Travels of a Renaissance Artist’ opens next month at the Gallery. Discover the creative artist Albrecht Dürer, who worked across many mediums and was a master of them all. Shop our exhibition catalogue: https://t.co/VESwK4vNW7 https://t.co/yFnedO4lfW

⁣The inscription below reads: "Sloth makes man powerless and dries out the nerves until man is good for nothing." Learn more ↓ https://t.co/dLqBoTuJU5

Nothing says "I'm fancy" like having upholstered chairs and special furniture for playing cards: https://t.co/oZdxfODh9z

In town for Paris Art Week? Here are 7 must-see museum shows from Martin Margiela, Marlene Dumas, and other artists: https://t.co/LWoT4ASteO https://t.co/dLfMIqpCIJ

This unique home designed by architect Macu Bulgubure features a skateboard ramp that also acts as a deck. https://t.co/BWaovkN6yN https://t.co/wlUITsmU93

To remedy market imbalances that the artist said he had himself faced, Lucien Smith has joined Lobus, an equity management firm that has placed an emphasis on NFT technology https://t.co/wIXVsyEKuS

Where are the directors taking the stage to acknowledge workers’ demands today? https://t.co/suLD2ahgzP

The life-size sculpture of a dinosaur was accidentally electrocuted en route to the English town of Colchester. https://t.co/tWQSVW52S1