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Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
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Some good old fashioned tentacle porn
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Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
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"Mom! You're embarrassing me!"
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Olympia by Édouard Manet at the Musée d'Orsay
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Tarantism (n.): a psychological condition characterized by an...
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Check out this beaut! Here is the clearest photo we’ve ever had of Pluto, taken by...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
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Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...
Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
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The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
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The Baroque is a strange and wonderful movement that was created and marketed...
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We’re drooling over this clever shirt featuring our favorite crime-fighting...
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The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
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Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
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Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
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The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
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Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....
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