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Take a gondola ride in 18th-c Venice & today! Featuring our newly acquired Canaletto painting bit.ly/15Gy2iw
A young mother rustles up fritters over the fire while her children watch in anticipation. #Fragonard #MothersDay pic.twitter.com/slotJzUpg8
Falling for art? All in a day's work for the Art Conservator's Sidekick! Read his confessions nyti.ms/YBbQAX HT @godVeveryone
We just acquired a small & charming early Rembrandt self-portrait in which the artist is laughing. #AllSmiles pic.twitter.com/VK7iFDPtbh
The world's favorite season is the spring. All things seem possible in May. —Edwin Way Teale Saint-Cloud, Atget pic.twitter.com/7mi10UVFYz
Grandeur of the alps in stunning Turner watercolor @ Center (Priv coll, courtesy Gurr Johns) bit.ly/13855bn pic.twitter.com/UICe6KepCu
Don’t miss the Framing L.A. performances at Getty this Sat., 3-9 pm - mallets playing the travertine! bit.ly/ZRZHI7 @GettyMuseum
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Day of the Holy Cross in Mexico, construction workers & miners are celebrated. Construction of Tower of Babel detail pic.twitter.com/3w1oA1iCwU
"A museum is fun. I get to choose my own adventure, each time." isamuseum.org @isamuseum
On this day the French celebrate spring with gifts of muguet, or lily of the valley, to friends & family. Pour vous! pic.twitter.com/uziTNIHulR
Is a museum...a school? ...fun? ...for everyone? Read responses & submit your own in this project by artist Sam Durant #isamuseum @isamuseum
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Happy May 1! On this date New Yorkers traditionally moved house bit.ly/12kNpFK Tiepolo, Holy House of Loreto pic.twitter.com/WGgr0HIvub
Feast day of St. Catherine of Siena. Beccafumi depicts angel bringing her communion as saint had difficulty walking. pic.twitter.com/n4iJrxbKJt
Happy Floralia! Ancient Roman holiday in honor of Flora, goddess of flowers, was precursor to May Day celebration pic.twitter.com/8Tz3ibNwf7
"Slow art...doesn’t get its message across in 10 seconds" ―Robert Hughes bit.ly/17p01QV #SlowArtDay
"My destination is no longer a place, rather a new way of seeing.” ―Marcel Proust #SlowArtDay pic.twitter.com/vy2pUpgzAi
Our photographer Tahnee captures all types of art For gardens book, she photographed creatures @thegetty Young buck: pic.twitter.com/EFb3K0ivWq
Our fine art photographer Tahnee is sharing lovely images of nature taken @thegetty this week. Newborn hummingbirds pic.twitter.com/GdYH9FWkvr
MT @PSTinLA Architect Frederick Fisher opens his studio for tour Friday 4/26 bit.ly/11XPUxv pic.twitter.com/wlNxDkdbtC
Happy Birthday Delacroix! Created pastel version of Educating Achilles drawing 20 years later for Georges Sand bit.ly/14gXzO9
Looks fun! @Tate curator will give a 30-min tour of Lichtenstein exhib on Twitter followed by Q & A, Thurs 9am PST bit.ly/14QfDPD
Feast day of St. George, best known for battling terrible dragon. Mstr of Guillebert de Mets bit.ly/17W4n2U pic.twitter.com/cIYdWi1whP
Happy birthday Turner! Early experiments include scenery designs for operatic productions bit.ly/11CdqkZ pic.twitter.com/mMeDQCV0rR
Happy #EarthDay! In 1889 Carleton Watkins documented complete eclipse, joined by profs from newly created Univ of CA pic.twitter.com/V8F7TruLLU
MT @MrsSymbols An ancient Roman lead weight bears symbols relating to economic prosperity pic.twitter.com/ggJUt5sJP6
MT @DIYGirls1m Journey to the heart of making. Free talk on artful woodcarving next Tues buff.ly/14CdJlR pic.twitter.com/2fENtTajs7
Chandler, Bukowski, Didion, Fitzgerald = Interactive literary map of L.A. guides.latimes.com/literary-la/ HT @TheHuntington @ProfShakespeare
Mozia Charioteer, considered 1 of finest surviving exs of Greek sculpture, currently on view in Sicily show @ Villa bit.ly/Yvt9Qz
Happy Bday Vigée Le Brun! Portrait painter had a flair for innovative poses & an unerring instinct for costume pic.twitter.com/ZX7Lu3UfdJ
Got ?s about @thegetty or museums? Our prez + CEO Jim Cuno doing Reddit Ask Me Anything session now to 11:30 am PST bit.ly/117iKek
In his 1531 tax return, the painter Sodoma's possessions include a monkey, peacock, 30+ children & 3 women #TaxDay pic.twitter.com/C6Jmoun9vt
Jim Cuno, president + CEO @thegetty, hosts Reddit Ask Me Anything session tomorrow bit.ly/JimAMAIris pic.twitter.com/cGSnwICt2v
Sending best wishes to @rijksmuseum on their grand reopening today! Magnificent royal House of Orange fireworks pic.twitter.com/MGfdPkYcpf
“Dogs are better than human beings because they know but do not tell.” -Emily Dickinson bit.ly/ZREe4N pic.twitter.com/Wya8Nv4EgQ
1st day of Ludi Ceriales or Games of Ceres in ancient Rome: Theatrical shows in honor of goddess of agriculture pic.twitter.com/qaVMkFAsQO
Snails & flowers have been getting together in April for centuries. Some 15th-c Flemish snails in our manuscripts pic.twitter.com/WKf36b04dZ
5 art events to see this week, from a boy band terrorist to Frances McDormand doing performance art ow.ly/jVTj3 @GettyMuseum
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Compare parallel views of LA's Hollywood Blvd in 1973 and in 2002 as shot in 35mm by Ed Ruscha youtu.be/6KIvGMVhaPs
"With their gay banners & the birds that sing / Their song of songs from aerial towers" -Henry Wadsworth Longfellow pic.twitter.com/BkWClOSPuJ
"I open wide the portals of the Spring / To welcome the procession of the flowers." pic.twitter.com/3HwHvDco91
Happy Bday Gerrit Dou! Specialized in small paintings with meticulously rendered details & surfaces #fijnschilders pic.twitter.com/NWbGtbAUEN
Happy Birthday Raphael! The prince of painters' art epitomizes High Renaissance qualities of harmony + ideal beauty pic.twitter.com/IGYZi1XBvp
#ArtExpedition Can you tell which one of these images of Rouen Cathedral was created first? bit.ly/ZFQ7U6 pic.twitter.com/DbcAzSh2ni
Happy Megalensia! Roman festival to honor the Magna Mater 'Great Mother' goddess - Cybele pic.twitter.com/EvNPuIu7O5
Refer to our trusty #weekendguide to @coachella proof your wardrobe & scope out the new installation at @GettyMuseum bit.ly/14H2bfS
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Wonderful praise! Thanks MT @Ellenfhummel32m If I were a painting I would want to go to @GettyMuseum when I die. Stunning, peaceful, heaven
MT @CultureSpectato Spectacular exhibition on #Sicily in Antiquity starring the Mozia Charioteer, now open @ Villa bit.ly/12gvJR9