Art Of The Times

Art, Artists, Theatre, Music, Photography, Cinema. “Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life"- Pablo Picasso. Peace to all. #SupportTheArts

[The Metropolitan Museum of Art @metmuseum]

#MetKidsFunFact: Joseph Mallord William Turner brushed, layered, scraped, blotted, and wiped paint to make this painting.

It wasn't a crowd pleaser though—the collector who commissioned this work didn’t like it because it was too blue! 🔵

Learn more: https://t.co/2VWTDJIByo

[The Metropolitan Museum of Art @metmuseum]

Regarded as one of the most remarkable artists of his time, Francisco #Goya responded to turbulent social and political changes of his time through his work as a draftsman and printmaker.

See 100 drawings and prints in #GoyaGraphics—now on view.
https://t.co/cDPE96FCuk

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Thank you for teaching me so kindly!
That’s very interesting, I’ve learnt a lot from you dear Dil!!!🙏🏻

Ariadne
John William Waterhouse
1898

🌺Have a sweetest night dear friends!

[Rita Cóbix @RitaCobix]

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[British Museum @britishmuseum]

📚 Where would you like to be reading this #WorldPoetryDay?

This Chinese painted scroll – ‘Reading in the Autumn Forest’ – transports us to the forest near Mount Baiyue (noe Mount Qiyun) in the east of China 🏞🌳🍂

🔎🔗 https://t.co/3kdeNWOkEG

[British Museum @britishmuseum]

Often referred to as ‘Il Divino’, meaning the divine one, Renaissance artist Michelangelo was born #OnThisDay in 1475.

This drawing is a study for Adam in ‘The Creation of Man’ from the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

🔎🔗 https://t.co/erRisa3dOU

[British Museum @britishmuseum]

‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ was illustrated by Sir John Tenniel, who was born #onthisday in 1820.

He created 92 weird and whimsical drawings for Lewis Carroll’s stories, which were then engraved on wood by the Dalziel brothers

🔎🔗https://t.co/QfjBhlqLNZ

[Guggenheim New York @Guggenheim]

#WorkoftheWeek: The crystalline structure of Liubov Popova’s “Birsk” is reminiscent of the of houses in l’Estaque painted by Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso; the vibrant palette attests to Popova’s interest in Russian folk and decorative art. Learn more: https://t.co/HtR8sSDGiE

[Guggenheim New York @Guggenheim]

“The She-Wolf" is on view now in “Away from the Easel: Jackson Pollock’s Mural.” Plan your visit at https://t.co/O1MBHEv2d3.

[British Museum @britishmuseum]

📸 It’s #WorldPhotographyDay 📸

This early photo of the Museum was taken by Roger Fenton in 1857.

Get a snapshot of photography at the Museum through the centuries in our blog post: https://t.co/XTvmWNyRbC #WorldPhotoDay

[British Museum @britishmuseum]

This is the only etching Vincent van Gogh ever made – it shows Dr Paul Gachet who was the artist’s doctor during the final weeks of his life.

Van Gogh died #onthisday in 1890 https://t.co/3K7MYEro2r

[The Metropolitan Museum of Art @metmuseum]

This celestial event is known as a "great conjunction." 🪐

In fact, some have guessed that the Star of Bethlehem—depicted in this 15th-century German painting—may have been "a great conjunction" of planets.
https://t.co/so48ZdSJkg

[The Metropolitan Museum of Art @metmuseum]

In the doc, Neel works on a portrait of Lucille Rhodes, who co-directed the film with Margaret Murphy.

The film is excerpted from “They Are Their Own Gifts” (1978), a triptych of “film portraits” about women artists.

Watch the full 20-minute film → https://t.co/fslmwt5LVh

[British Museum @britishmuseum]

🐇 12 hares play in the long grass on this Japanese folding screen 🐇

It’s over three metres wide, and was made in the 17th or 18th century. Rabbits or hares were much more commonly depicted as small objects like netsuke https://t.co/wZQh2QyaEH

[British Museum @britishmuseum]

The Eye of Horus was an ancient Egyptian symbol worn for protection, imbued with regenerative and magical properties 👁

Horus was the god of the sky and kingship, and was often depicted as a falcon 🦅 https://t.co/iSl81wscpR

[Guggenheim New York @Guggenheim]

Warm up for today's #SuperBowl Sunday with Henri Rousseau's "The Football Players" (1908)! 🏈

[Guggenheim New York @Guggenheim]

#GuessTheArtist answer: Paul Cézanne, “Man with Crossed Arms” (1899). Learn more about the work: https://t.co/IEPXEJnGsp

[Chris & Heather Boothman @ABritSoutherner]

One of the best ways to experience a collection of amazing attractions in #NYC is with the New York @CityPASS - we LOVE using this to take advantage of huge discounts & always something new for us to discover! Today, we visited the @Guggenheim Museum - so much cool art here!

[Guggenheim New York @Guggenheim]

Did you #GuessTheArtist correctly? Here’s the full view of #JeanMetzinger’s “Woman with a Fan” (1912).Learn more about the artist: https://t.co/cYRT14v3y6 #GuggenheimCollection

[Getty @GettyMuseum]

William Blake was born #onthisday in London, 1757. For Blake, art was visionary, not intellectual—it offered insights into the metaphysical world and could redeem humanity. Discover this colored print, part of our collection: https://t.co/ZLWunjpTBU