Bring Your Masterpiece to School Day

Onibury is a British village with a population of around 100, containing a pub, a church, a school and “not much else”; last week, an original painting by Claude Monet came to visit, as part of a BBC-led initiative called Masterpieces in Schools, in which 26 paintings worth a total of $22.7 millions will be lent to schools across England, and a host of other online resources (an interface where kids can “tag” objects in famous paintings, a web series called “What Do Artists Do All Day?”) attempt to make the art world more accessible.

In other art news, Banksy is starting his “residency on the streets of New York.” An audio guide will be available to viewers via cell phone.

[New York Times]

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