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Art Of The Times

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Art, Artists, Theatre, Music, Photography, Cinema. “Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life"- Pablo Picasso. Peace to all. #SupportTheArts

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Guggenheim New York (@guggenheim) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Did you #GuessTheArtist correctly? Here’s the full view of #JeanMetzinger’s “Woman with a Fan” (1912).Learn more about the artist: gu.gg/2zkhVKc #GuggenheimCollection

Did you #GuessTheArtist correctly? Here’s the full view of #JeanMetzinger’s “Woman with a Fan” (1912).Learn more about the artist: gu.gg/2zkhVKc #GuggenheimCollection
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William Blake was born #onthisday in London, 1757. For Blake, art was visionary, not intellectual—it offered insights into the metaphysical world and could redeem humanity. Discover this colored print, part of our collection: bit.ly/2AzA06L

William Blake was born #onthisday in London, 1757. For Blake, art was visionary, not intellectual—it offered insights into the metaphysical world and could redeem humanity. Discover this colored print, part of our collection: bit.ly/2AzA06L
Chris & Heather Boothman (@abritsoutherner) 's Twitter Profile Photo

One of the best ways to experience a collection of amazing attractions in #NYC is with the New York CityPASS - we LOVE using this to take advantage of huge discounts & always something new for us to discover! Today, we visited the Guggenheim New York Museum - so much cool art here!

One of the best ways to experience a collection of amazing attractions in #NYC is with the New York <a href="/CityPASS/">CityPASS</a>  - we LOVE using this to take advantage of huge discounts &amp; always something new for us to discover! Today, we visited the <a href="/Guggenheim/">Guggenheim New York</a> Museum - so much cool art here!
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The Eye of Horus was an ancient Egyptian symbol worn for protection, imbued with regenerative and magical properties 👁 Horus was the god of the sky and kingship, and was often depicted as a falcon 🦅 ow.ly/87HR30qUzrD

The Eye of Horus was an ancient Egyptian symbol worn for protection, imbued with regenerative and magical properties 👁 

Horus was the god of the sky and kingship, and was often depicted as a falcon 🦅 ow.ly/87HR30qUzrD
British Museum (@britishmuseum) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🐇 12 hares play in the long grass on this Japanese folding screen 🐇 It’s over three metres wide, and was made in the 17th or 18th century. Rabbits or hares were much more commonly depicted as small objects like netsuke ow.ly/STD330qP9I3

🐇 12 hares play in the long grass on this Japanese folding screen 🐇

It’s over three metres wide, and was made in the 17th or 18th century. Rabbits or hares were much more commonly depicted as small objects like netsuke ow.ly/STD330qP9I3
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This is the only etching Vincent van Gogh ever made – it shows Dr Paul Gachet who was the artist’s doctor during the final weeks of his life. Van Gogh died #onthisday in 1890 ow.ly/Ng9P30qYhEB

This is the only etching Vincent van Gogh ever made – it shows Dr Paul Gachet who was the artist’s doctor during the final weeks of his life.

Van Gogh died #onthisday in 1890 ow.ly/Ng9P30qYhEB
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📸 It’s #WorldPhotographyDay 📸 This early photo of the Museum was taken by Roger Fenton in 1857. Get a snapshot of photography at the Museum through the centuries in our blog post: ow.ly/EJsa30r5a0l #WorldPhotoDay

📸 It’s #WorldPhotographyDay 📸

This early photo of the Museum was taken by Roger Fenton in 1857. 

Get a snapshot of photography at the Museum through the centuries in our blog post: ow.ly/EJsa30r5a0l #WorldPhotoDay
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In the doc, Neel works on a portrait of Lucille Rhodes, who co-directed the film with Margaret Murphy. The film is excerpted from “They Are Their Own Gifts” (1978), a triptych of “film portraits” about women artists. Watch the full 20-minute film → met.org/FromTheVaults

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This celestial event is known as a "great conjunction." 🪐 In fact, some have guessed that the Star of Bethlehem—depicted in this 15th-century German painting—may have been "a great conjunction" of planets. metmuseum.org/art/collection…

Guggenheim New York (@guggenheim) 's Twitter Profile Photo

“The She-Wolf" is on view now in “Away from the Easel: Jackson Pollock’s Mural.” Plan your visit at guggenheim.org/pollockmural.

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Regarded as one of the most remarkable artists of his time, Francisco #Goya responded to turbulent social and political changes of his time through his work as a draftsman and printmaker. See 100 drawings and prints in #GoyaGraphics—now on view. metmuseum.org/exhibitions/li…

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#MetKidsFunFact: Joseph Mallord William Turner brushed, layered, scraped, blotted, and wiped paint to make this painting. It wasn't a crowd pleaser though—the collector who commissioned this work didn’t like it because it was too blue! 🔵 Learn more: met.org/3jL7be9

#MetKidsFunFact: Joseph Mallord William Turner brushed, layered, scraped, blotted, and wiped paint to make this painting.

It wasn't a crowd pleaser though—the collector who commissioned this work didn’t like it because it was too blue! 🔵

Learn more: met.org/3jL7be9
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‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ was illustrated by Sir John Tenniel, who was born #onthisday in 1820. He created 92 weird and whimsical drawings for Lewis Carroll’s stories, which were then engraved on wood by the Dalziel brothers 🔎🔗ow.ly/VpMJ30rywU5

‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ was illustrated by Sir John Tenniel, who was born #onthisday in 1820. 

He created 92 weird and whimsical drawings for Lewis Carroll’s stories, which were then engraved on wood by the Dalziel brothers

🔎🔗ow.ly/VpMJ30rywU5
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Often referred to as ‘Il Divino’, meaning the divine one, Renaissance artist Michelangelo was born #OnThisDay in 1475. This drawing is a study for Adam in ‘The Creation of Man’ from the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. 🔎🔗 ow.ly/EBaU30rvA1P

Often referred to as ‘Il Divino’, meaning the divine one, Renaissance artist Michelangelo was born #OnThisDay in 1475.

This drawing is a study for Adam in ‘The Creation of Man’ from the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

🔎🔗 ow.ly/EBaU30rvA1P
Guggenheim New York (@guggenheim) 's Twitter Profile Photo

#WorkoftheWeek: The crystalline structure of Liubov Popova’s “Birsk” is reminiscent of the of houses in l’Estaque painted by Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso; the vibrant palette attests to Popova’s interest in Russian folk and decorative art. Learn more: gu.gg/30JbjlQ

#WorkoftheWeek: The crystalline structure of Liubov Popova’s “Birsk” is reminiscent of the of houses in l’Estaque painted by Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso; the vibrant palette attests to Popova’s interest in Russian folk and decorative art. Learn more: gu.gg/30JbjlQ
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📚 Where would you like to be reading this #WorldPoetryDay? This Chinese painted scroll – ‘Reading in the Autumn Forest’ – transports us to the forest near Mount Baiyue (noe Mount Qiyun) in the east of China 🏞🌳🍂 🔎🔗 ow.ly/6bjY30rzYi1