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Hilma af Klint, The Dove No 2, 1914, pioneering painter who was one of the first artists to create abstract and non pictorial artworks #WomensArt https://t.co/cY0LKDjgzR

Happy birthday, Monet! The famed painter was born on this day in 1840. After studying plein-air landscape painting, he moved to Paris in 1859. Renoir and Monet began painting outdoors together in the late 1860s, laying the foundations of Impressionism. https://t.co/hFVlN8AZPY

What's in a name? 🤔 #MetKidsFunFact: The owner of these shoes—which were painted by Vincent van Gogh in 1888—was possibly a person named Patience Escalier, whose name in French literally means "Patience Staircase." Learn more: https://t.co/H2du3GmLsW https://t.co/UCKq7OgDc1

Before he created his famed gardens and water lily pond at Giverny, Claude #Monet primarily painted the surrounding countryside. 🎂 The artist was born #OnThisDay in 1840. 🖼️: "Poppy Field in a Hollow near Giverny" (1885), on view in our #Impressionism Gallery https://t.co/cp1kzMJDqR

Uli Sigg’s formidable collection at M+ is a beacon of hope in a changing China—even if a particular Ai Weiwei work is notably absent: https://t.co/IawNbHkKMF https://t.co/ObRGjQleE5

Agnes Martin, Flower in the Wind, 1963 #womensart https://t.co/IckmwgBOmy

In 1890, he began making paintings depicting the same subject under various conditions and at different times of day. Made when he was half-blind, these works are shimmering pools of color almost totally devoid of form. Admire more works from his career: https://t.co/oLmK9VqeWj

You can now watch 'Scorpion' by Zadie Xa and Benito Mayor Vallejo – the first of three performances that make up our live exhibition 'Dance to the Music of Our Time': https://t.co/Bqf5MoF4K9 https://t.co/vBGF8gvkwu

Top five this week | A room used by enslaved people has been unearthed at a villa near Pompeii, providing a rare insight into the lives of marginalised people in Ancient Rome https://t.co/brhwPsyl8Z

One hundred of today's best photographers have come together to rally around a cause—saving the environment. https://t.co/ePC0HruJRy

When priceless artwork needs to be moved, you can’t simply stick it in a box. Discover how preparators ensure that works of art remain safe as they travel the world: https://t.co/yWQ173UKxs 📷 Saint Ginés de la Jara, about 1692, Luisa Roldán. Getty Museum https://t.co/TIXhjUKh44

Tastemaking curator and dealer Ebony L. Haynes will organize a new section for under-the-radar art platforms at NADA Miami: https://t.co/ENFrWIyaGd https://t.co/z6FcCPQh3v

We are deeply saddened by the passing of Etel Adnan at the age of 96. Etel was a remarkable person: one of the leading voices in contemporary Arab-American literature and visual art, her practice meditated on the cosmos and the environment. https://t.co/lA8iy7Bkl5 https://t.co/LCwkdBJhYX

“I think addiction is a part of life. We get addicted to things in ways that each have pros and cons.” Tao Lin talks with Geoffrey Cruickshank-Hagenbuckle about addiction and his latest novel, “Leave Society.” https://t.co/xm8deE0LwQ

Top five this week | The untimely death of the distinguished @Tate Modern curator Achim Borchardt-Hume, who died last week at the age of 55, "leaves an enormous gap", writes former Tate director @nickserota https://t.co/DLu92JKEoK