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This is how museums are claimed in a network as artistic as Instagram

On May 18, a very special day for the world of culture and art is celebrated on the whole planet.We are talking about the International Museum Day , institutions that maybe some imagine as serious and stretched icons.Nothing is further from reality.Museums seek to connect with the public, and, of course, a great way to achieve this is on social networks.

A platform like Instagram, by For example, it seems to be marvelous with the nature of these places.Art, love for light, color and the power of the image are symbols of both the social network and what a museum represents.To commemorate this special day, we want to approach the official accounts of the most important and famous museums in the world.How are they and how do they relate to users?


Musee du Louvre

@museelouvre has more than a million followers .Not surprisingly, it represents one of the most important museums in the world.Located in Paris, The Louvre does not hesitate to put as profile picture his most recognized work: La Gioconda.The account reviews the luxurious repertoire of works of which he owns.But he does not neglect one of his most characteristic symbols.The popular glass pyramid and Aluminum that contrasts and complements the museum building stars many instants.


Museo del Prado

The Prado is one of the most outstanding museums in our country and also has an official account on the web.But, despite having some of the most fundamental works of development Artistic of the last centuries, does not have too many followers compared to other proposals.The museum tries to differentiate its profile with interesting proposals such as the one raised by #CuadernoDelPrado by the author @ ximenamaier.In them, try to recreate the day a day of work in the museum , with restorations, preparations, exhibitions...


The Met


"Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art of the In-Between" features more than 140 examples of Kawakubo's womenswear designs for Comme des Garcons, dating from the early 1980s to her most recent collection.Objects will be organized into nine dominant and recurring aesthetic expressions of "the in-between" in Kawakubo's work: Absence/Presence, Fashion/Anti-Fashion, Design/Not Design, Model/Multiple, Then/Now, High/Low, Self/Other, Object/Subject, and Clothes/Not Clothes.# MetKawakubo #TheMet @MetCostumeInstitute #CommedesGarcons #MetGala @juliendys


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One of the most active museums on Instagram is @metmuseum, with almost two million of followers.It is an institution that encompasses all kinds of times and styles, something that is very well reflected in the images that illustrate its official account.One of the popular acts of the museum takes place at the charity gala held every year already the crowd of celebrities, all dressed according to the theme chosen.The fashion world and everything related to this gala are very present on Instagram.


MoMA

If we make a cultural visit to New York, we cannot miss a tour of its Museum of Modern Art.With almost three million followers on Instagram, MoMA is a clear example of how avant-garde artistic institutions drink the 21st century with visual platforms as relevant as this social network.MoMA does not hesitate to use the videos to present its installations, compositions and artists, which often need a focus beyond the simple click of a photo to explain and develop the potential of his works.


British Museum

The British Museum is one of London's favorite places.Its Instagram account is a haven of peace and culture for its almost 800,000 followers.A meeting with what was the perception artistic of our ancestors and an unconscious quest towards blue tones in the photographs.The British Museum offers us its heterogeneous collection in which we find everything from Ottoman vessels from the 16th century to a stimulating exhibition on Hokusai, one of the great artists Japanese .


Rijksmuseum

This is the most important museum in the Netherlands.We talk about @rijksmuseum, which is located in Amsterdam and which has a fundamental collection of the Golden Age of his painting.On Instagram he has more than 100,000 followers who he entertains with his variety of works.All the initiatives proposed by the museum have great diffusion in this account, something that makes it more close, with a great force to connect with the audience.As in the case of the Rijksstudio Award , that this year won the collection'Masterpieces Never Sleep '.


LACMA

Or, if we leave an acronym, Los Angeles County Museum of Art.Your account, @lacma, is a must for art lovers on Instagram and has almost 600,000 followers.institution that knows how to get all the profitability to the online presence because it has realized that the network allows you to connect like nobody with fans from all over the world.To make that connection something much more special, do not hesitate to combine your own photos with the images that capture the hundreds of followers and that become the best fan art.


Smithsonian

Another essential presence in the world of Instagram is represented by the Smithsonian Museum.It is an educational and research institution with a presence in 19 different museums, and even has a zoo.Original and inspiring institute knows how to give everything in your Instagram account by visiting its varied offer and paying attention to that fun and entertaining that internet users always appreciate, as demonstrated by the #Caturday celebration.


Gallerie degli Uffizi


#Ercole e Nesso, agli #Uffizi dal 1595, ci offre lo spunto per riflettere sul #restauro dall'antichita ai giorni nostri.Allo scultore Giovanni #Caccini (1565-1613) was infatti consegnato a marmo of II sec.dCcon il corpo acefalo di un #centauro with a braccio poggiato sulle spalle; Sulla base due piedi sostenevano l'ipotesi che if it was di quello che rimaneva di un gruppo di Ercole e Nesso in lotta.Il gruppo was stato rimaneggiato in antico gives a certo Maestro Silla cheva aveva stabilizzato with a blocco di #marmo sulla base.Caccini ricevette also shows a figure of Ercole abbozzata from altra mano: the complete e riusci abilly ad assemblare marmi antichi e moderni in an elaborate and fanciful combination.'aura di sacralita che oggi per noi sta return ad un'opera d'arte e che If it is necessary to keep it and restore it, it is possible to place it in the same way as the census of the consegnata, not to belong to the antico thinker: a marmo antico poteva essere integrato, rimaneggiato e completeto per offrirne un'interpretazione nuova.Cio che oggi noi vediamo in quest'operae il risultato del lavoro di piu artisti, dai primi secoli dopo Cristo fino al #Rinascimento fiorentino: an ottimo restauro (in the modern sense of the term) esteguito nel 2015 ha infine recuperato lo splendore dei marmi e fatto chiarezza sulla storia di integrazioni e rimodellamenti.🌎ENG: This gorgeous marble group representing # Hercules and Nessus offers us an interesting sample to discuss about the different meanings the concept of restoration assumes throughout the centuries.The group consists of different parts: the bottom of the Centaur was made in the 2nd cADby an anonymous Roman sculptor, while all the rest was created, adapted and integrated with modern marbles by the #Renaissance sculptor Giovanni Caccini (1565-1613).restoration was completely different from the contemporary one: during the Renaissance artists used to nonchalantly integrate ancient and damaged marbles so to utterly create new works of art.Today conservators rather tend to regain the originality of pieces as much as possible (colors, marks, fractures , old integrations etc.).


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One of the essential places for art lovers is the Gallery of Uffizi in Florence.And for those who cannot travel to Italy, Instagram gives them the opportunity to enjoy the genius of artists of a golden age for the development of man.Botticelli's Venus greets us as a representative image of everything we can find in this account.Art and love.An extraordinary desire to disseminate an artistic content that hopefully the new generations know how to value.The explanations of their works or about artists are a plus for images.


Guggenheim

With more than a million followers, the @guggenheim account is one of the most valued by instagramers.The Solomon R.Guggenheim Foundation has distributed its work and presence throughout the world.We know them for their work in Bilbao, but on the web we can find a compendium of their artistic manifesto.The images uploaded to the network are also recognized for the authors who "carry" the firm's Instagram , something that tells us about the importance of the author.


Tate

One of the artistic reference accounts on Instagram.Tate is one of the most important institutions in Britain and its profile on the web, with more than a million and a half followers is an example of it.He knows how to address his followers so that they feel involved in the life of the museum.Initiatives such as #Hockneyinspired demonstrate this.It is a proposal to encourage users to show their own works and creations , this time inspired by the work of artist David Hockney.


Museums carry the sap that has made us grow as people.Its pictures, sculptures or representations show us how man is able to get beauty and knowledge out of his interior, but also desires for justice and freedom. Without art, we would be nothing .

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