The King loved Le Brun’s vision & made him Court painter & ennobled him in 1662. Now he had control of decoration in the French palaces too. The Family of Darius (1660), The King Governs (1661), King Louis XIV (c1663) & Study for Alexander (c1660)

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Tomorrow is our Stories of Victorian Entertainment Day of Talks with...
- Palaces of Pleasure
- Freak Shows and Circus
Ian Gledhill - Gilbert & Sullivan Jenny Uglow - The Life of Edward Lear.
Tickets are available from link https://t.co/TyBWehD0uJ

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Next up, originally my back-up character to Faris, my Enchantress Wizard Malypsis... she was originally LE but she's Lawful Good now, she's got experience working in lots of palaces so she knows all the ins and outs of governments and how to break them & use them to her advantage

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Looking forward so much to my new role as Fun Palaces Ambassador, North Wales with the National Trust - exciting times ahead! Edrych ymlaen cymaint i'r gwaith newydd yma!

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Artist Margaret Meen's botanicals graced the walls of royal palaces & scientific academies. While largely unknown today, her legacy is an important part of British botanical history. explores her life & work: https://t.co/vgueu0msWT

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Join us for our Stories of Victorian Entertainment - Day of Talks on 22 Feb with...
Lee Jackson - Palaces of Pleasure
- The Wonders
Ian Gledhill - Gilbert & Sullivan Jenny Uglow - Life & Art of Edward Lear. Tickets from link https://t.co/nvGvLXiwDt

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“It is, one might say, a constellation of memory palaces.” — Lisa Yin Zhang on “Memory Palaces: Inside the Collection of Audrey B. Heckler,” which closes today. Don’t miss this incredible exhibition. The museum is open from noon to 6 PM.

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Stunning ornate patterns of Iranian mosques and palaces. by Fatemah Hosein Aghaei.

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“The exhibition gives us a chance to see what must be one of the most discerning and wide-ranging collections of self-taught, or outsider, art in this country.” - on “Memory Palaces: Inside the Collection of Audrey B. Heckler,” on view now.

https://t.co/VbgIsFY16k

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"If there is a larger message in the Folk Art Museum’s⁠ show, it might be that our thoughts about self-taught or⁠ outsider art are, happily, far from settled." - on "Memory Palaces: Inside the Collection of Audrey B. Heckler," on view now: https://t.co/JPWIygcnl8

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Tickets are now on sale for our Stories of Entertainment day on 22 February 2020.Find out about how the Victorian's entertained themselves inc talks on Gilbert & Sullivan, Edward Lear, Palaces of Pleasure, Freaks Shows and Circus.
Tkts at link https://t.co/NppyYIkd8l

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Need more in your life? (& who doesn’t?) Join & at Friday 8 NOV 7.30pm to revel in gin palaces, music halls & dancing saloons - basically, all the 💃🎼🍸

Tickets here https://t.co/QDJV4A5r7l

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SATURDAY 5TH OCTOBER 10.30-1.30 we'll be turning our shop into a Fun Palace! Who wouldn't want to get involved with something with the name catchphrases like "Community at the heart of Culture" & "Everyone an artist, everyone a scientist", & with an image this cool:

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Audrey B. Heckler surrounded herself with the most significant artists associated with self-taught art. Among them Aloïse Corbaz, William Hawkings, Martín Ramírez, and Anna Zemánková.⁠ See her collection today!

MEMORY PALACES is now on view. → https://t.co/IHHImgqJTI

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NEW YORK | "Memory Palaces: Inside the Collection of Audrey B. Heckler" is open now at - The collection is emblematic of the growth of the field of self-taught art in the United States, a curiosity for European art brut, and a search for international discoveries.

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From September 17 at the American Folk Art Museum in New York, "Memory Palaces: Inside the Collection of Audrey B. Heckler" features works by Aloïse Corbaz, William Edmondson, Augustin Lesage, Martín Ramírez, Thornton Dial, and Anna Zemánková and more.
https://t.co/k1ymgKEutk

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Another of our super long scrolls (7.6 metres) is the 'Agra Scroll' which illustrates the river front palaces, mansions & tombs along the Yamuna River, c.1830. My favourite building is the 'China Tomb' (BL Or 16805) https://t.co/kV04Lg9aNG

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🍍dream of palaces and countrysides all i want, want, want.
artfight attack on ! 💕

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Dixie is the best girl and i love her very much. Despite her fancy appearance, she is homeless and squats in various palaces left by Jake English in the consort kingdom. The train on her dress goes on forever so dont bother looking for the end of it.

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Comic Name: Memoir of the Golden Hairpin
From the northern tips of the country to desolated villages and glamorous palaces, there are countless plots everywhere. Will the truth be the end of a dynasty?
Read on WebComics:
https://t.co/ajEu5Kn4u2

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