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Monday's image: August 10, 2020

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Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt, A Rite of Passage: The Velvet Cat Tail and the Silk Tiger Lily, Wood, metallic foil, 45 RPM vinyl record, artificial flowers, Saran wrap, metal staples, fabric, plastic beads, and fiber-tipped pen, 98.7 x 39.4 x 38.4 centimeters, 1987-1988, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

Monday's image: August 3, 2020

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Dora De Larios, Ocean, Glazed porcelain, aluminum, brass, wood, 108 x 37 x 25 inches, 2009, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California

Monday's image: July 27, 2020

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Timothy H. O'Sullivan, High Bridge Crossing, The Appomattox, near Farmville on South Side Railroad, VA, Albumen print, Image: 17.1 x 22.5 centimeters, Support: 30.5 x 39.4 centimeters, 1865, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia

Monday's image: July 20, 2020

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Alan Saret, Queen’s Mesh, Enamel paint on wire mesh, 43.5 x 73.75 x 28 inches, 1967, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia

Monday's image: July 13, 2020

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John Cage, Dramatic Fire, Aquatint and embossing on smoked paper, 46 x 58.1 centimeters, Edition of 25, Published by Crown Point Press, 1989, Museum of Modern Art, New York

Monday's image: July 6, 2020

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Mirella Bentivoglio, À Malherbe, Rose-colored onyx, 3.25 x 7 x 5 inches, 1975, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.

Monday's image: June 29, 2020

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Jeffrey Gibson, Freedom, Repurposed tipi poles, rawhide lacing, artificial sinew, buffalo hide, acrylic paint, wool, glass and plastic beads, sterling silver, turquoise, and quartz, 104 x 233 x 60 inches, 2013, Denver Art Museum, Colorado

Monday's image: June 22, 2020

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Rachel Whiteread, Untitled (elongated plinths), Plastic and urethane foam (three elements), each 67.3 x 77.2 x 221.0 centimeters, 1998, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Monday's image: June 8, 2020

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Ree Morton, Let Us Celebrate While Youth Lingers and Ideas Flow, Celastic and oil on canvas, wood, 96 x 72 x 6 inches, 1975, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia

Monday's image: June 1, 2020

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Simone Forti, Huddle, Performance, 10 minutes, 1961, Museum of Modern Art, New York. (Note: Video of a live performance in 2012 is hyperlinked via artwork title).

Monday's image: May 18, 2020

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Outi Heiskanen, Castle in the Air and Hiding Cottage, Glass, wood, drypoint, etching, 210 centimeters, 1990, Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki, Finland

Monday's image: May 11, 2020

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K. H. Hödicke, Magic Window Cleaner II, from Capitalist Realism, Screenprint on clear plexiglass printed on both sides, 830 x 590 millimeters, 1967, Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois

Monday's image: May 4, 2020

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Pat Steir, Introduction (from The Burial Mound Series), Drypoint on HMP handmade paper, 25.1 x 25.1 centimeters, 1976, RISD Museum, Providence, Rhode Island

Monday's image: April 27, 2020

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Anne Judell, Breath, Pastel, graphite, black gesso on paper, 52 x 37 centimeters each sheet, 2011, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Monday's image: April 13, 2020

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Egypt, Dynasty 18, New Kingdom, Amulet of a Birth God, Faience, 3.2 x 1.6 x 0.3 centimeters, circa 1539-1478 B.C.E., Brooklyn Museum, New York

Monday's image: April 6, 2020

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Linda Hofvander, Vik I, Chromogenic print, type C, mounted on treated MDF, 41 x 82 x 99 centimeters, 2013, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden

Monday's image: March 30, 2020

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Reign of Ibrahim Adil Shah, Probably Bijapur Court, Deccani School, Double folio from a Kitab-i hasha’ish (The book of herbs), Opaque watercolor and ink on paper, 40 x 51 centimeters, 1595, Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art, Washington, D.C.

Monday's image: March 23, 2020

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Arthur Dove, Silver Sun, Oil, metallic paint, and an unidentified material (possibly wax) on canvas, 55.3 x 74.9 centimeters, 1929, Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois