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US artist Tracey McCracken Palmer uses wet felting and needle felting techniques to create landscape artworks #WomensArt https://t.co/LjARXsC6qm

They began with 100% cotton paper coated in egg white and salt. Once dry, it was dipped into silver nitrate to become light sensitive, then placed under a glass negative and exposed to the sun. Last, it was placed in a sodium thiosulfate solution that would set the image forever. https://t.co/8gprVpZUtn

First time at The Met? Seasoned patron? Somewhere in between? Whoever you may be, hop on a free highlights tour the next time you're at the Museum and learn something new. Check out upcoming tours: https://t.co/NU0fauJsLN https://t.co/ixYbeSLBhc

What does it take to succeed as a young artist today? A new documentary asks industry players—and finds the answer is bleak: https://t.co/fnxWnhyDVI https://t.co/i90yLP5U2G

Top five this week | @DallasMuseumArt has opened a show on Vincent’s series of 15 olive grove paintings. Among the discoveries of a three-year research project was finding a trail left by a small insect that crawled through the artist’s wet paint. https://t.co/AIDdYUkbsg

What was the most popular photographic printing process of the 19th century? Albumen silver prints were invented in 1850 in France by Louis Blanquart-Evrard. In 1872, commercially produced pre-sensitized paper became available, but many continued making it themselves...but how? https://t.co/IJ1E5NEFAx

The FIAC fair plunges back into Paris, finding a market that is healthy, if not so thirsty for trophy works: https://t.co/2j0Bp30iUV https://t.co/8Lq6Mbbi7P

Fashion designer Shay Rose created a greenscreen dress and cloak, allowing her to digitally wear countless colors and patterns. https://t.co/erIMk8AsdB

Anthropomorphic pumpkins, mirror divination, and space-traveling witches all appear in the curious imagery of vintage Halloween cards. https://t.co/dufc34TX56

The Best Sport Pictures in the Last 25 Years https://t.co/MohXYWjL9R https://t.co/JvBrQNT1RF https://t.co/rAqOlIaCcw

‘Come think with me’: Watch Kameela Janan Rasheed explain how she reworks found text into destabilizing works of visual art: https://t.co/ZxSNyV7spV https://t.co/6awoQSDE4D

Archeologists in Norway discovered a 1,300-year-old wooden ski, not far from where its match was located in 2014. https://t.co/0yeB06uIS1

Unless you were already familiar with Dawoud Bey's documentary work, the horror he refers to might not be recognizable to you. https://t.co/8MjLehFFfV

Join Ibrahim Mahama on a tour of ‘Nkrumah Voli’, a huge concrete silo recently acquired by the artist in the centre of Tamale in northern Ghana and the inspiration for his current show, 'Lazarus' at White Cube Bermondsey: https://t.co/TQnXxXYepi

"I went to collect the few personal belongings which...I held to be invaluable: my cat, my resolve to travel, and my solitude" - Colette, French author, actress and journalist. https://t.co/JyyHGphBE7