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There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
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The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
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Thalassophile: (noun) lover of the sea; one who feels safe or...
Never forget
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Considerable collections
The lovely people at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco recently invited...
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Tarantism (n.): a psychological condition characterized by an...
Those Swiss have got it all!
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As quickly as it appeared, the Google Arts and Culture app has disappeared from...
We live in a cultural climate that defines things along High School Musical-esque...
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Our awesome website has a magnifying view for each and every image we’ve added and...
Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World If you’re ever judged for your...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
Flaming June by Frederic Leighton at the Ponce Museum of Art
Classic Hirst
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Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
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The Oscars are nigh, and the agents of cinematic fortune have gifted the world’s...
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One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
From The Story of Nastagio degli Onesti (Part I) by Sandro Botticelli in the Prado.
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All 'bout that bass, 'bout that bass, no treble
Created by Sister Suffragette
Embrace your inner underdog and recreate Rocky Balboa's run to the top!
Get Smart! See art!
It's THE Met
MOMA knows everything goes better with Bacon!
Quality, not quantity
Motor city
Good wine and interesting art
Two museums in one
One of the wealthiest museums in America
Only place that call the Dutch Masters the "North Dutch school"
Named after a beer maker
Will somebody please think of the children??
Put a bird on it
A taste of Asia in the Tenderloin
Sweet Home Alabama
Cooler than an Orange Julius
In the Athens of Australia
It's free, not cheap
I would walk 500 miles...
It's hammer time
Yee-haw
Probably the first museum to use guns as performance art
This museum is worth A-GO
Just keeps getting bigger
Joe Biden likes to come here (probably)
New Jersey gem
A capital collection in the capital of Ohio
It's pronounced Woo-stah
It's all about that space
Not blan(d) at all
Welcome to the jungle
Mo Money, Mo Museums
Get High on art here
Lots of art in the heartland
Awesome, free, big-city museum
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
Gesamtkunstwerk is one of those words that, in English, not only sounds...
Located in Grant Park, site of the annual Lolapalooza music festival
A gift to the Nation
