National Gallery of Art

A place where everyone is welcome to explore and experience art, creativity, and shared humanity. #myngadc

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We fear they may have cleared. Meanwhile they’re hype because they just found out our Sculpture Garden is open til 8pm this summer 👀

Here's your official permission slip to touch grass longer: https://t.co/drMzwqTDK2

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This transformation is actually unreal 😭 Artist Jo Steel reimagined Rembrandt by literally becoming him, turning into the artist’s self-portrait through makeup, costume design, and hand-painted sets. #OpenCall

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⭐️ Alison Luchs, National Gallery of Art, Curator of Early European Sculpture and Deputy Head of Sculpture

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Chat, the snatched girlie has returned to her regularly scheduled programming. And today’s lore drop? The Top Creators selected for the National Gallery’s Open Call 👀

See the full roster of rizzlers: https://t.co/DZKfpRmdBV

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@Madonna But Carrington wasn’t having that. She once said, “I didn’t have time to be anyone’s muse…I was too busy rebelling against my family and learning to be an artist.”

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Mother is mothering.

Madonna’s Met Gala look is inspired by Leonora Carrington, an artist who ghosted the patriarchy and painted worlds where women run everything.

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@Madonna In the early 1900s, André Breton, who led the Surrealist movement, was drawn to the idea that women were naturally emotional and erotic. So artists like Carrington often got boxed into the role of muse, there to inspire men instead of being taken seriously.

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“Sorry I got plans this weekend.”

The plans: sleepmaxxing and entering hibernation mode.

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Best Instagram Account: https://t.co/lwMIJEFHS6
Website: https://t.co/UmpoOi19Dr
Best Arts & Culture (Rizzler) Series: https://t.co/CLqiYe3ZLW
Best Cultural Blog: https://t.co/L89FXobnu0
Best Vertical (Rizzler) Video: https://t.co/4qTZ4PELqB

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The National Gallery has been nominated for FIVE Webby Awards - aka the Oscars of the Internet - for our social media and website! 🏆✨ Now we need the squad. Cast your vote in the People’s Voice Award categories below and help us bring one home ⬇️

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One of those artists was Auguste Renoir, who revolutionized art by painting this view from a café above the Seine. He had his brother slow people down on the bridge to freeze fleeting moments, defying conventions and making his mark in the art world.

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This breathtaking view of Paris was painted by Auguste Renoir in 1872. And it represents a pivotal moment in art history.

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Then, a daring group of artists decided they were finished with the old rules of the art world. They took their paints outside to capture life as it happened. They called themselves “Artists, Painters, Sculptors, Engravers Inc,” but history remembers them as the “impressionists.”

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🖼 Jan Davidsz de Heem, “Vase of Flowers,” 1660, oil on canvas, 27 x 22 in., Andrew W. Mellon Fund

🎥 Animation designed by Andrey Zakirzyanov

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You deserve some flowers today, especially on the first day of spring 🫱

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But De Heem broke the rules by letting his flowers spill and intertwine in a way that made his work feel alive. He even took it a step further by mixing flowers, fruits, and insects from different seasons. The end result is a fantasy garden, a world of beauty for all to enjoy.

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On a day often defined by celebration, Dorothea Lange’s photographs offer something rarer: a quiet, deeply human portrait of Ireland inviting us to pause, reflect, and connect with the everyday lives behind St. Patrick’s Day.