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In "Cupid Chastised," Bartolomeo Manfredi captures a moment of high drama, as Mars, the god of war, beats Cupid for having caused his affair with Venus, the goddess of love.

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2017-11-30

“To see we must forget the name of the thing we are looking at.”

See 28 paintings by Impressionist master Claude Monet—born in 1840.

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2017-11-15

Completed just after the Civil War, Constant Mayer’s “Love’s Melancholy" resonated with the American public—#NowOnView in American Art.

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2017-11-10

"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."

Pablo Picasso—born in 1881. https://t.co/L16aBMzyAp

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2017-10-26

Jean Louis Forain—born in 1852—exhibited with the Impressionists on the recommendation of his friend Edgar Degas.

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2017-10-24

This outstanding example of Cornelis Saftleven’s work belongs to a traditional Dutch genre: scenes of hellfire and witchcraft.

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2017-10-17

See 7 works by artist Alberto Giacometti—born in 1901—#NowOnView in the Modern Wing: https://t.co/pZKdTwQMoP

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2017-10-11

Like other Surrealists of the period, Victor Brauner drew inspiration from dreams, the unconscious, mysticism & mythology

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2017-10-07

“Visitors are really in for a treat” says curator Edouard Kopp of our installation of Dutch drawings https://t.co/NJP5NH0UHp

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2017-10-06

Playful masks from Saul Steinberg’s collaboration with photographer Inge Morath.

in “Along the Lines”—https://t.co/mdbT9GotmA

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2017-09-30

Théodore Géricault—born a frequent visitor of morgues & hospitals, often bringing body parts home for his studies.

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2017-09-27

Today marks the autumn equinox and the official end of summer. Celebrate the changing of the seasons with this selection of works

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2017-09-23

Edvard Munch painted “The Girl by the Window” the same year as his most famous work, “The Scream.”

in Gallery 244.

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2017-09-13

"The Birth of Pastel" explores the evolution of pastel paintings out of colored chalk drawings. https://t.co/KWgE3sv4rl

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2017-08-30

Jean Dubuffet was born in 1901.

See 7 works by the artist who coined the term Art Brut: https://t.co/eW5jF5NpN3

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2017-08-01

Impressionist Edgar Degas was born in 1834

See "Portrait after a Costume Ball" among 10 works https://t.co/eQ95u6DvZD

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2017-07-20