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#ILoveArt 😱 "The World Tour" in 1860! #Painting of André-Henri Dargelas, #frenchpainter 19th. Awarded € 21,000. at @ChristiesInc on June 12, 2016.

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#MotivationMonday 😱 All things come to those who wait!

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#Discovery 😱 Disappeared for 40 years, the most famous painting of Nigeria and probably Africa has just been found in an apartment in London. A true national icon in his country, the "African Mona Lisa" will be auctioned in London at Bonhams on February 28th.

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#SculptureOfTheDay 😱 There is no place in the world more comforting than in the arms of a mother! by Luciano Andrade, child of the favelas of Bahia, Brazil, 1990.

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#SelfieOfTheDay 😱 The book of cleres and noble women by the Florentine author Giovanni Boccace, edition date 1403.

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#OnThisDay 😱 8 February 1828 was born in #Nantes, #JulesVerne.His taste for traveling would come from his childhood. At 11,he would have embarked on a #boat leaving for the Indies,wishing to bring back a coral necklace for his cousin.His father would have caught him in extremis.

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#OnTheLoup 😱 I promise you salt at the kiss of my mouth. I promise you honey to my hand touching you. I promise you the sky above your bed. Flowers and lace so that your nights are sweet ... The declaration of love, 1731 of Jean François de Troy.

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#ArtOfTheDay 😱 The Colossus, 1808-1812, attributed to Francisco de #Goya. Revolutionary painting of a Titan rising above the Pyrenees, symbolizing the Spanish people against the Napoleonic invasion

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#Art 😱 is everywhere and for everyone!

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#AttentionTreasury 😱 A masterpiece of #Giacometti, estimated between $ 8.5 to $ 11 million, will be #auctioned at #Sothebys on February 28 in London. To your wallets ...
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#AttentionTreasury 😱 A rare pastel by Edgar #Degas made after 1882, "Behind the Scenes", will be #auctioned by #Christies in London on February 27th. The work is estimated between 9 and 14 M €

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#MemoryOfTheWorld 😱 "The lucky hunchback", 2nd century BC JC. The inscription of luck reads "KAI CY" ("and you" or "the same thing to you" in Greek.) The Greeks and Romans believed that a bump was a sign of good fortune and the ideal of beauty in the ancient world.

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#SculptureOfTheDay 😱 "In art, everything is knowledge, toil, patience, and what can emerge in a moment has taken years to walk." The Wild Stones.

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#ArtOfTheDay 😱 Christ ... "Harrier" by Fiona Banner

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#SweetNight 🌓 "It's the night it's beautiful to believe in the light." #EdmondRostand. The vision of the night by Jacques Reattu, 1792.

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#OntheLoup 😱 "The forests were the first temples of the deity, and the men took in the forests the first idea of architecture." #Briandcastle

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#WorldsWonder 😱 The tree of life of the #mosque Sidi Saiyyed. Built in 1573, it is one of the most famous mosques in Ahmedabad, #India.

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#Historyoftheday A team of geneticists has managed to make the #DNA speak of dozens of ancient Egyptian mummies. Their study covers more than 13 centuries of #history of Ancient #Egypt. What they discovered surprised them rather. https://t.co/avURHFjsLE

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#NowPlaying 😱 Music before anything! by John Melhvish Strudwick (1849-1937), United Kingdom.

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#BachiBouzouk 😱 The latest work of #Banksy, covered with white paint by vandalism, rescued and carefully restored by a window cleaner, reports Monday the English press. https://t.co/vUb9P5M53D