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Today, selling 100,000 copies of a children’s book is rare.

This artist did it… with her first book… while battling misogyny… 140 years ago.

Here is our post on Kate Greenaway. https://t.co/tuJXrp1C9w

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2021-03-20

A few of the pieces that started it all for me. 4K, Gravity Well, Transcendence, and Mechanical Warfare. 1999 -2000.

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2021-03-20


"Art is free but you have to be alert to catch it when it comes onto the canvas. I don’t choose the they choose me."

Mirka Mora (1928–2018) in

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2021-03-19

the largest art heist in American history took place in 1990.

13 works valued at $500 million were stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. None have been recovered, and the frames still hang empty...

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2021-03-18

Women’s fashion was ornate above all else in 1855, with the crinoline reigning prominently in conjunction with brightly colored silks and satins. Read more at the link below!

https://t.co/1SqPe1YLpR

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2021-03-17

in 1832, the ballet La Sylphide first premiered at .

Filippo Taglioni designed it to showcase his daughter, Marie, the first woman to dance en pointe. Fanny Elssler and Emma Livry also took up the role.

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2021-03-12

Happy Birthday to Dr. Ernst van de Wetering, Dutch Art Historian and Chairman of the Rembrandt Research Project.
Portrait by Travis Simpkins
https://t.co/UjuDuBuUwV

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2021-03-10