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From The Story of Nastagio degli Onesti (Part I) by Sandro Botticelli in the Prado.
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I hate you, please go away. (Judith Beheading Holofernes by Artemesia Gentileschi...
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The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) has welcomed...
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Cool concept, awkward execution
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Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...
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Little backstory for the gentiles: Purim is basically the Jewish Halloween. We...
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I want YOU...to check out this new exhibit at the de Young. It’s called...
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Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
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With big changes by little hands come monstrous reactions rife with pungent...
This week, behold Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi.
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Angelica joins the party, combining the mostly crude Texts From Last Night...
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Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci at the Louvre
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There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
It’s the Lunar New Year, and as you may know, this year we are ushering in the...
This video of kids reacting to a rotary phone has us simultaneously laughing at how...
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
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