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[lotusinjadewell]

Two ivory fans from Vietnam. Credit to Paris Musees Collections.

[mykmartinez]

American Gothic Bottom Half • Myk Martinez - I always felt something was missing from this wonderful painting. I now feel like I have some closure. #americangothic #famouspaintings #thingsyoudidntknow #classicpainting #painting #art #behindthescenes #backstage #americanart #museum #masterpiece #museumfromhome https://www.instagram.com/p/CqZnZkIsK0f/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[mijnvloek]

Pera Museum, February 2022

[amethystpeonies]

“So much working, reading, thinking, living to do! A lifetime is not long enough.” ― Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

[ashmoleanmuseum]

MUSEUM SECRETS: Toad Vaccines and Magical Jewellery

In today's episode of our Museum Secrets podcast, join Curator Matthew Winterbottom as he explores ancient beliefs about disease testing and vaccines, through our collection of toadstone rings.

These bizarre pieces of jewellery have a lot to tell us about the human effort to find hope in the face of illness and uncertainty, even when it involves the strangest superstitions. And at the end of the day, it turns out that toadstones have nothing to do with toads after all…

Listen here or wherever you find your podcasts: ashmolean.org/museum-secrets

[zantamaria]

"01-313". Técnicas mixtas sobre lienzo. Mixed media on canvas. 30 cm x 30 cm. 11.81 In x 11.81 In

[luvsasu]

[highher]

Hilma Af Klint. 1907 . Guggenheim museum nyc 🗽