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Very gay, but not happy. His dad and the pope beat him with a stick
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The OG wet t-shirt contest
Huge, famous sculpture. (With small, famous dingdong)
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Some good old fashioned tentacle porn
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Old faced baby Jesus
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Chill out, Joseph
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Harlequin Head by Pablo Picasso
Reclining Nude by Suzanne Valadon
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Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
Two Friends by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
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The Bar at the Folies-Bergère by Édouard Manet
Bacchus and Ariadne by Titian at the The National Gallery (London)
Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci at the Louvre
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
The Hangover (Suzanne Valadon) by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec at the Fogg Museum
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The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts Belgium
The Two Fridas by Frida Kahlo at the Museum of Modern Art Mexico
Portrait of Captain Thomas Lee by Marcus Gheeraerts II at the Tate Britain
Baseball at Night by Morris Kantor at the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Triumphal Procession of Bacchus by Maerten van Heemskerck at the Museum of Art...
Self Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird by Frida Kahlo at the Harry...
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Faulty Landscape (Paysage Fautif) by Marcel Duchamp at the Museum of Modern Art...
George Washington (Lansdowne Portrait) by Gilbert Stuart at the National Portrait...
Diana and Callisto by Peter Paul Rubens at the Prado Museum
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Matthew 19:21
Gabrielle d’Estrées and One of Her Sisters by Mystery Artist at the Musée du...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Wearing a vest of many colors
Back Seat Dodge ‘38 by Edward Kienholz at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
Togas are a classic I-forgot-to-buy-a-costume costume, requiring just a white...
Mammogram or mistake?
Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
…and five epic Oscar losses. But he’s finally done it! Here’s how:
Just another naked lady
Witness her
Beware of the thieving gypsies
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One: Number 31, 1950 by Jackson Pollock at the Museum of Modern Art
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Party like it’s 1639
Not your mama’s last supper
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These masked reptiles are full of sage advice. I’m sure you’ve all...
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Tom Hanks struggled with this one
P-p-p-poker Face, P-p-p-poker Face
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Thrill Murray by Mike Coley. 2013. Never miss a chance to ride the coattails of...
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Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
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Everything you thought you knew is wrong! OK, maybe not everything … Gravity...
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Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
We’re drooling over this clever shirt featuring our favorite crime-fighting...
Fish (Still Life), 1864. By Édouard Manet at the Art Institute of ChicagoHappy...
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
An unfortunate moral dilemma…
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Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
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Convicted murderer, drunk, deemed "foul and rotten", but protected by wealthy patrons
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Emasculates the German government
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Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...
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Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
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This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
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SOURCESeriously credentialed French officials are proclaiming that a painting found...
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Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
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Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...
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This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
Last Saturday, while making my way through a frenzy of de Young Museum...
Baroque art started because the Catholics got all jealous that people were...
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This week, behold Pablo Picasso’s Le Rêve (The Dream).
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