Félix Vallotton (Swiss/French, 1865-1925) : Le Cimetière Militaire de Châlons (Châlons War Cemetery), 1917 Oil on canvas 54 x 80 cm | 21.2 x 31.4 in Bibliothèque de Documentation Internationale Contemporaine #MemorialDay

Shane Drinkwater : Untitled, n.d. Acrylic on paper 54 x 54 cm

“Dame de Brassempouy” Approx 28,000 BC. Ivory of mammoth Grotte du Pape, (Brassempouy, Landes) The “Lady with the Hood” or “Dame de Brassempouy” is the most famous and most moving of prehistoric works of art, the most real and lifelike image of Palaeolithic woman. Further info in the alt text 👇

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Peter Hurd (1904-84) : Blue Mountain, 1950 Oil on board | 22 x 17.5 inches Further info in the alt text 👇

Hermann Hesse Man's life seems to me like a long, weary night that would be intolerable if there were not occasionally flashes of light, the sudden brightness of which is so comforting and wonderful, that the moments of their appearance cancel out and justify the years of darkness.

"Music should always be an adventure." ~ Coleman Hawkins (11.21.1904 - 5.19.1969) Billie Holiday performing with Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins and Gerry Mulligan on the CBS-TV program "The Seven Lively Arts" segment: "The Sound of Jazz" on 12.8.1957, in New York, NY. 📸 : CBS via Getty Images

Sally Storch : Night Wind, 2006 Oil on Canvas | 30 × 24 inches Private Collection

Wassily Kandinsky : Dominant Curve (Courbe dominante), 1936 Oil on canvas 50-7/8 x 76-1/2 in | 129.2 x 194.3 cm Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NY Further info in the alt text 👇

Yoshida Chizuko (Japanese, 1924-2017) : Valley of Butterflies (Tanima no cho), 1979 Photoetching and color woodblock print; artist’s proof 56.5 × 78 cm | 22.25 × 30.75 in The Art Institute of Chicago

Victor Brauner : Cup of the One Hundred and Twenty Erotomagical Arrangements, 1946 Wax on panel 68 x 53.5 cm | 26-¾ x 21 in Sotheby's, Paris

Stefano : Femmale Harmony N.509, 2021 125×83 mixed media

Renè Magritte : The Search for the Absolute (La recherche de l'absolu), 1941 gouache on paper 18 x 14 in | 45.7 x 35.5 cm The paintings feature a paradox: a large, bare winter tree whose branches and outline perfectly form the shape of a single giant leaf.

Happy Birthday, Bob! 🎈🎂🎸🎶 The voice of a generation. (He hated that title.) “I was so much older then; I'm younger than that now." ~ Bob Dylan 📷 : Ken Regan, Bob at the Rolling Thunder Review show

Georgia O’Keeffe : Abstraction White, 1927 Oil on canvas | 34 x 14 inches Georgia O’Keeffe Museum (tap for full view)

JC Leyendecker (German/American, 1874-1951) : Soldier Kneeling at French Memorial, 1918 Oil on canvas 29 x 20.75 in | 73.4 x 52.7 cm Saturday Evening Post cover illustration June 1, 1918 #MemorialDay

Stephanie Rew : Grace Under Pressure (The Golden Thread), n.d. Pastel and 24ct gold leaf 45 x 55 cm

Iwami Reika (1927-2020) : Water of Mt. Fuji, 2004 Woodblock print with gold embossing 9.75 x 26.5 inches She was a pioneering female Japanese sōsaku-hanga (creative prints) artist, active 1953-94, worked primarily with abstract compositions. Further info in the alt text 👇

Kazimir Severinovich Malevich (1879-1935) : Three Girls, 1928-32 Oil on board (plywood) His return to depicting peasants from the Russian countryside was both a nod to his earlier works and a way to navigate the turbulent, atmosphere for artists. State Russian Museum, St Petersburg, Russia

Karel Appel : Questioning Children, 1949 Gouache on wood 873 x 598 x 158 mm Tate Museum, London

Loïs Mailou Jones : Textile Design for Cretonne, 1928 watercolour on paper 28 x 21 in | 71.1 x 53.3 cm Smithsonian American Art Museum

László Moholy-Nagy : Vertical or Horizontal, 1945 Gouache, watercolor and ink on cardboard 38 x 51 cm

Frank Stella : The Wheelbarrow (B #3, 2X), 1988 Synthetic polymer paint and oil on cast aluminum 108-1/4 x 109-3/4 x 43-3/8 in | 275 x 278.8 x 110.2 cm The Museum of Modern Art

Jean-Michel Basquiat : Untitled (Head of Madman), 1982 Oilstick on paper mounted on linen 43 x 30¾ in | 109.2 x 78.1 cm Further description in the alt text 👇

1946 : Pablo Picasso stepped into the Madoura pottery workshop in Vallauris, France, launching a transformative 25-year partnership with clay. Despite having zero prior experience with ceramics, he threw himself into the medium with his signature experimental fervour. More description in alt text 👇

There’s a snow globe sitting on a New York City sidewalk this morning. Inside it: a tiny replica of the Ed Sullivan Theater, playing the Late Show theme. Read the rest in the alt text 👇👇👇

Hilma af Klint : The WUS/7-Pointed Star Series Group VI, Evolution, No.9, 1908 Oil on canvas | 101 x 131.5 cm HaK 77 Courtesy The Hilma af Klint Foundation, Stockholmn

Paul Klee : City of Dreams, 1921 Watercolor on paper mounted on cardboard 47.5 x 31 cm The painting combines elements of reality and fantasy, representing an ideal or dreamlike world through an ordered structure.

Johannes Molzahn (German, born otd in 1892) : Untitled, 1921 Gouache on Japanese paper, 22 x 27 cm Degenerate Art Galerie Eric Mouchet, Brussels Further info in the alt text 👇

Ohno/Ono Bakufu : Irises, 1949 woodcut; ink and colour on paper 10 x 15 inches Japanese painter and woodblock printmaker from Tokyo, who was active in the first half of the 20th century. Further info in the alt text 👇

Franz Marc (1880–1916) : Two Blue Horses (Zwei blaue Pferde), 1913 Watercolor and ink on paper 7-7/8 x 5-1/4 in | 20 x 13.3 cm Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Joan Miro : Woman Before the Sun 1 (Mujer ante el Sol 1), 1974 Acrylic on canvas 258.5 x 194 cm Joan Miró Foundation, Barcelona, ​​Spain

R.I.P. Ike Willis Isaac (Ike) Willis (b. 1955) was one of the most enduring members of Frank Zappa’s later bands, bringing voice, guitar, humor, and personality to a highly demanding catalogue. ⠀ Remembered for Joe’s Garage, voice of Joe, and for work on Tinseltown Rebellion & You Are What You Is.

In 1923–24, Sonia Delaunay designed a famous geometric coat and dress ensemble for actress Gloria Swanson, applying her signature "simultaneous contrast" textile theory. This is an interesting piece about Sonia's work and influences. www.artartworks.com/exhibitions/...

Cyril E. Power : Corps de Ballet, 1932 Linocut 11 × 11 in | 27.9 × 27.9 cm The Metropolitan Museum of Art Further description in the alt text 👇

Georgia O’Keeffe : At The Rodeo, 1929 Oil on Canvas| 40 x 30 inches A pale pink and green flower-like form with a dark red center and rippling petals sits in the middle of the composition. Black, brown, red, blue, and yellow lines circle the flower form. Further info in the alt text 👇

Georgia O'Keeffe : City Night, 1926 Oil on canvas 48 × 30 in. | 121.9 × 76.2 cm Georgia O'Keeffe Museum Georgia O‘Keeffe produced more than 20 scenes of New York City between 1925 and 1930. Further description in the alt text 👇

Odilon Redon : Flowers in a Vase, 1909

Roy Lichtenstein : Landscape 9, from the portfolio 'Ten Landscapes,' 1967 Screenprint with chromogenic print collage from a portfolio of nine screenprints and one collage 12-13/16 x 16-1/4" | 32.6 x 41.3 cm The Art Institute of Chicago

Rare portrait of Max Ernst 📸: Hermann Landshoff, c.1940 Ernst is in the apartment of Peggy Guggenheim, a key figure in his life. The two first met in 1938 when Guggenheim began acquiring Ernst's works for her collection. Further info in the alt text 👇

Joan Miró : Femmes devant le soleil (Women Before the Sun), 1942 Gouache, pastel and black pencil on paper 64.1 x 48 cm | 25 ¼ x 18 7⁄8 in Christie’s, New York

Kazimir Severinovich Malevich : Winter Landscape, c.1930 Oil on canvas Ludwig Museum, Cologne, Germany Degenerate Art Further description in the alt text 👇

Happy 78th Birthday to the iconic Grace Jones. 🎂

Mark Rothko : No. 1 (Royal Red and Blue), 1954 Oil on canvas 113.75 x 67.5 in. | 288.9 x 171.5 cm @ Sotheby's, New York

Jean-Michel Basquiat : Untitled, 1982 www.sothebys.com/en/articles/...

Keaton Music Typewriter. Patented in 1936, created by Robert H. Keaton (San Francisco) which has become a rare collector’s item. The original patent was for a 14-key typewriter, which was upgraded to 33 keys in an improved 1953 patent. Marketed in the 1950s, it was $255!

Amedeo Modigliani, Pablo Picasso and André Salmon Montparnasse, Paris, 1916 📸 : Jean Cocteau