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Antonio Canova - The State Hermitage Museum

Your daily digestWednesday 24 August

BORN ON THIS DAY

Lavinia Fontana

August 24, 1552 - August 11, 1614

SPOTLIGHT STORIES

11 Objects that Changed the World

From arrowheads to the jet plane

TODAY IN HISTORY

79 CE - Mount Vesuvius erupts, burying the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in volcanic ash

Stories of the day

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CULTURAL HERITAGE

Miao embroidery

Stitching together the past and the present

ARTISTS' LIVES

Johannes Vermeer (1632 - 1675) 

Get to know one of the most celebrated 17th century masters

PLAYING WITH HISTORY

American board and card games through the ages

HISTORIC LIVES

Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr.

The man who made dreams reality

ART ADVENTURES

Discover the mind-blowing art of peach stone sculpture

Fruit made fabulous

Virtual tours

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The J. Paul Getty Museum
China Paper Cutting Museum - Exterior 1
British Museum
Museum of Ethnic Costumes, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology
Ullens Center For Contemporary Art | 尤伦斯当代艺术中心
Municipal Theatre of São Paulo

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Art of Chinese Crafts

Thousands of years, untold artists, and infinite inspiration - all in one place for you to explore

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TIME

Contemporary glass

Ancient techniques in the 21st Century

COLOR

Blues in Paul Cézanne's painting

Azure, cerulean, ultramarine

Artists

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Paul Cézanne

221 items

Frida Kahlo

28 items

Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghikas

29 items

Bertel Thorvaldsen

71 items

Suzuki Harunobu

79 items

Georgia O'Keeffe

47 items

Kōshirō Onchi

14 items

Partners

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Musée d’Orsay, Paris

279 items

China Intangible Heritage Industry Alliance

176 items

Freud Museum London

60 items

Hubei Provincial Museum

214 items

South African History Archive (SAHA)

149 items

Museum of Ethnic Costumes, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology

197 items

Aomori Nebuta Matsuri

256 items