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So get ready!
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Before we begin, let’s take a page out of Jan Steen’s book.
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We live in a cultural climate that defines things along High School Musical-esque...
Sips tea
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Let’s hope he never gets up
Crack open a cold one
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
“You get what you get,” Sarah Lucas hurriedly blurts out when passed the nearly...
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It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
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I come bearing gifts of flowers and revolution
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Peter Paul Rubens, Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye, ca. 1636, Musée...
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Norman Rockwell is without question one of the artists most...
A painter's lost dream on antiquity
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Throughout art history, artists have paid homage to the compelling power of...
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Everyman painter
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As quickly as it appeared, the Google Arts and Culture app has disappeared from...
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Happy International Selfie Day! Thanks to DJ Rick McNeely - of Fishbowl...
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via unimpressionism Realism can refer to two things: the representation of the...
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If being a ghost feels too basic, but you don’t want to sink to the level...
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Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
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Unlike so many of the countless women artists cast aside by art history, Berthe...
In the bestseller The Goldfinch the New York Metropolitan Museum is bombed and 13-...
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Christopher Columbus was not the man your grade school teachers told you about...
Modern art is experimental and innovative, as artists respond creatively to a world...
Portrait of Alexander Hamilton by John Trumbull at Washington University Law...
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
From The Story of Nastagio degli Onesti (Part I) by Sandro Botticelli in the Prado.
To me, Valentine’s Day is a day to shout ‘LOVE!’ from the rooftops....
The lighting crew of the Palace deserve a huge round of applause, the architecture...
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Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....
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Andy Warhol called her “the first girl artist with glamour.” A random admirer said...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
March means Easter, and we all know that Easter means chocolate eggs, cute lil’...
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
Last Saturday, while making my way through a frenzy of de Young Museum...
Before oil paint, European artists were at the mercy of eggs. That's because egg...
The term “The Orient” was coined in the 19th century, defined by the region...
Togas are a classic I-forgot-to-buy-a-costume costume, requiring just a white...
Norman Rockwell, Freedom from Fear, 1943. Both the Easter narrative of...
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It’s that time of year again, folks. Time to think up some creative present...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
