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A gamer I am not, but a Pokémon trainer I am.The one and only gaming console I have...
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Test your art history chops with Sartle's exciting new quiz feature! Both fun and...
Here KitchenAid uses a Gustav Klimt inspired lady to show how food is art.
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Captain Thomas Lee wants to know: who needs pants when you’ve got gams like...
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The lighting crew of the Palace deserve a huge round of applause, the architecture...
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Isamu Noguchi by Winold Reiss at the National Portrait Gallery (Washington)
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Welcome to Jurassic Art. *cue music*
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I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality. - Frida Kahlo I...
Price channels his inner Salome, a la Hans Cranach the Younger in this publicity...
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[Venice. Mrs. Peggy Guggenheim in her palace on the Grand Canal, 1950 by David...
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Olympia by Édouard Manet at the Musée d'Orsay
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