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To create a living art, that is my aim. –Gustave Courbet #HappyBday #GrottoOfSarrazine pic.twitter.com/CMvVjo1rlz
Happy Bday Millais! The sharp, near-photographic rendering of his oil "Ransom" displays his technical brilliance pic.twitter.com/7GmuztzLxO
Happy bday Gauguin! Wishing to imbue his art with a sense of primitivism, he found inspiration in Tahiti pic.twitter.com/lAmMKJVkqf
VIDEO: Sam Durant talks about his project "What #isamuseum?" for the 2013 Getty Artists Program: youtube.com/watch?v=q-1AoX… @GettyMuseum
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In some early medieval calendars, today is listed as the date birds stop singing bit.ly/10PwE9h pic.twitter.com/Y4s1pOy8fT
What are the roles and functions of museums? Watch & participate to the @GettyMuseum #arttalk 11 June! goo.gl/rviyK #musetech
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Feast day of Erasmus aka Elmo, patron saint of sailors & stomach aches. Torture = his intestines wound by windlass pic.twitter.com/hHh0wHthXL
"To read a poem in January is as lovely as to go for a walk in June" —Jean-Paul Sartre Alfred Sisley summer landscape pic.twitter.com/1ivF0qrjDf
Giuseppe Leone's photos of Sicily @iiclosangeles complements our Sicily show @ Getty Villa bit.ly/15n34bx pic.twitter.com/h8olCMEZ7Y
Save the date! @GettyMuseum #ArtTalk 11 June led by artist Sam Durant about the role of museums & artists goo.gl/rviyK #isamuseum
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In the Renaissance a garden was considered both a private space + place of temptation bit.ly/10zalo8 #Gardens pic.twitter.com/Cs3khHI7uq
Feast day of St. Bernard, patron saint of Alpinists & mountain climbers. Thomas Ender's watercolor of Austrian Alps pic.twitter.com/yVvZeiT2k8
Daniel Chester French's Mourning Victory honors brothers who died in Civil War bit.ly/1apfcJi #MemorialDay pic.twitter.com/koj6cW59MV
Stunning! Vatican Museums' 360 view of Sistine Chapel bit.ly/13TcFHf pic.twitter.com/wzh1BwCbBV
Towel Day! The most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have. bit.ly/13TCFia #SaintVeronica pic.twitter.com/eUUxSnA5EQ
Happy Bday Pontormo! Known for subtle, complex psychological studies; here= naive arrogance & vulnerability of youth pic.twitter.com/nogFKsXe4H
Saw "Star Trek Into Darkness" & couldn't help but notice how many scenes were filmed @GettyMuseum. Star Fleet HQ = Getty Center.
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"Art is omnipresent in nature, and the true artist is he who can bring it out." —Albrecht Dürer #HappyBirthday pic.twitter.com/K9zep7f4Dm
Happy Bday Henri Rousseau! Naïve painter's brightly coloured, dream-like work anticipated the Surrealists pic.twitter.com/GQqCXDfyR8
Feast day of S. Bernardino of Siena! Patron saint of advertising enlivened sermons w anecdotes & mimicry. T Crivelli pic.twitter.com/lSQQLkQT5J
How did young, wealthy women of Ancient Rome spend their days? Meet sisters Domita, Domita, Domita & Domita @TED_ED bit.ly/10HyacE
Two dragons form the letter A & frame the Virgin + apostles as they await the Holy Spirit #Pentecost #StefanodaVerona pic.twitter.com/L55weCHLNK
#ArtMuseumDay! Free/reduced admission + special programming @ 170+ @MuseumDirectors museums bit.ly/19KWHPo (We're free as always)
Minuscule detail in painting of formal garden: gentleman leans toward an eager pup bit.ly/Z2Gi9n #MicroView pic.twitter.com/82bz4WE6Fo
On this date in ancient Rome deceptive merchants would pray to Mercury, god of persuasiveness, trade & deceit pic.twitter.com/BEGnH7CiSi
Curators will be holding "office hours" in Overdrive at the @GettyMuseum this week! shar.es/ZmAG0 via @thegetty
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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