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February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...
Before things got ugly life was very good
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
What most people think they know about Marie Antoinette could fill...
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I didn't say "Let them eat cake"
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Another unsuccessful rebranding attempt for Marie-Antoinette
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Frenemies
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Before they hated each other's guts
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A hotter mascot than the Pope
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English people are snobs
Who is she?
When you look good, we look good (and we get paid)
Don't be fooled by the rocks that I got
Prince Heinrich...so hot right now
Voted most popular, class of 1795
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French portrait inception
Price channels his inner Salome, a la Hans Cranach the Younger in this publicity...
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The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
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Are your eyes bleeding from binge watching the entirety of Orange Is the New Black...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
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Marie Antoinette's best friend....possibly with benefits
You wish you could be this cool
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Taking one for the team
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Acclaimed art collector Shawn “Jay Z” Carter once wisely said, “I bought some...
A mama's girl
Not to be confused with Xena the Warrior Princess, Lucy Lawless.
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"Greatest French artist of all time" - Louis XIV
Long names and titles
Fashion Alert! Harajuku girls invade Hawaii! The Honolulu Museum of...
One thing art teachers never tell you in school is that sometimes the next best...
Peter Paul Rubens, Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye, ca. 1636, Musée...
Is...that how you do it?
Happy Halloween! Since this is the season of zombies, vampires and ghosts...
Stockbroker's daughter who wowed Degas
Extreme performance artist
The unmentioned pre-Raphaelite sister
Girl Boss
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
Not suitable for children
Matchy-matchy
Shia LeBeouf, is that you?
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Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
Bad beezy
All the single ladies, all the single ladies
A teacher's nightmare
The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp by Rembrandt van Rijn and Woman at her...
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After 200 years we have the truth
To kill a nightingale
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Not an itsy bitsy spider
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Conga line from hell
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Calling all cynical pessimists!
People should pay more attention to their walls
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If at first you don’t succeed, starve
Portrait of a penis?
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See and be seen
Clean babies are patriotic!
Pinky out for tea
Get your hair done
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Home (not so) sweet home
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Foot fetish anyone?
Girl, your calluses are out of control!
Toilette humor
The girl who just wanted a bath
Barely made it through World War II with the help of some sandbags
Michael Jackson style mothering on a boat!
Creepy child stare
Mary's favorite subject
Henry VIII's first born, what a disappointment
"Thanks, I hate it"
Modernism joins the circus
Sweet baby Jesus
Lost and found
The doctor is in
Pastels just might be the most underrated medium in all of art history. You rarely...
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
There are a lot of reasons to be upset recently. The changing political climate,...
Special delivery
Beloved wife, sort of...
Can we get some privacy, please
Don't mess with this kid
Third time's the charm
Crack that whip
Someone needs a first amendment refresher
The other Mary
Get a clue
Bound to appear, for hundreds of years
A mystery lady
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Couldn't have been a grocery list
OUCH
This woman don’t need no man
Mary's big bro
Sister, Sister: Bible Edition
Jesus is in the kitchen?!
Wait 'til you get a load of this guy
Oh my Goddesses
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American People Series #19: U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of...
Countess, confidante, and tester of men
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Mary Poppins?
Does it make you randy baby?
Cultural appropriation at its finest
Live easels
A cute outfit can't save you
You'll want to come dressed to impressed because the Mad Hatter has made a...
Bless your heart
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If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
Girl crush
Sexy stocking stuffers
“No one will even see it…”
So get ready!
Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...
Stuff Rich People Own
One high-class whore
Total poser
The past is female
I would like to paint the way a bird sings. - Claude Monet
Fish (Still Life), 1864. By Édouard Manet at the Art Institute of ChicagoHappy...
Deep, dark humor
How times have changed...
From portraitist to executioner?
Mo money, mo problems
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Freaky families
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Don't call it a comeback
1. Venus and Cupid by Peter Paul Rubens
Even firecrackers run out of energy eventually
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"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
Monogram by Robert Rauschenberg at the Museum of Modern Art Stockholm Here’s to our...
The sun never sets on Turner’s legacy
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