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Wordless Wednesday - Poppies on the Isles of Shoals
Poppies on the Isles of Shoals, 1890
© Brooklyn Museum
(Someone certainly captured the essences of summer, sea breeze and masses of Papaver rhoeas in bloom. Click on the image to find...
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Color Chart: Reinventing Color 1950 to Today
There was a lot to love about Color Chart: Reinventing Color 1950 to Today, a recent exhibition held at The Museum of Modern Art, New York. The concept was...
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Wordless Wednesday - Venus and Mars United by Love
Venus and Mars United by Love, 1570s
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art
(Which artist made this composition literally mimic its title? Click on the image to find out!)
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And Banksy's Real Name Is:
Dear Daily Mail,
You have got some serious party poopers on your staff. Did you stop to think that, by reporting graffiti artist Banksy's real name might be Robin Gunningham, you'd...
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Cautionary Words for Future Art-Historic Professionals
If your long-term career goals include aiming for key positions (say, the Directorship of a major art museum), be very careful about what you publish now. No, I'm not talking...
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Wordless Wednesday - Count St Genois d'Anneaucourt
Count St. Genois d'Anneaucourt (1927)
© Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris and © CNAC/MNAM/Dist. Réunion des Musées Nationaux/Art Resource, NY
(Intriguing portrait, isn't it? Would you like to know...
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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Lustreware
While I was nattering on over the glories of della Robbia terracotta glazes last week, unbeknownst to me my Archaeological colleague, Kris Hirst, was putting together a marvelous new feature...
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Wordless Wednesday Volume 10 - By the Seashore
By the Seashore (1883)
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art
(Ocean breezes are perfect in summer. Would you like to know the artist's name, who the sitter was and where/why this canvas...
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Della Robbia Lunette Slips Mounts at MMA
The Metropolitan Museum of Art issued a press release today announcing that a late 15th-century relief sculpture by Andrea della Robbia (Italian, Florentine,1435-1525) slipped its metal mounting brackets overnight and...
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Turn the Beat Around: Interactive Disco Art
So, a video artist and an electro-mechanical sculptor walk into a bar ... in Poland, in 2005, have a beer and come up with the single most fun audience-participation...
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