#openart

A couple weeks ago the Metropolitan Museum of Art made it’s images of public domain works freely available online, and I could not resist making the whole thing available on social media via Off The Easel. 

Instead of clicking though the entire archive of 200,000+ images, you can now subscribe to one of the Met’s departments and get a steady stream of delicious art! The sharing algorithm will ensure that there is something new and interesting in your feed every day :) Here’s the compete list of the Met’s accounts by department:

American Decorative Arts ( Twitter|Tumblr)
American Paintings and Sculpture  ( Twitter|Tumblr)
Ancient Near Eastern Art  ( Twitter|Tumblr)
Arms and Armor  ( Twitter|Tumblr)
Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas  ( Twitter|Tumblr)
Asian Art  ( Twitter|Tumblr)
The Cloisters  ( Twitter|Tumblr)
Costume Institute  ( Twitter|Tumblr)
Drawings and Prints  ( Twitter|Tumblr)
Egyptian Art  ( Twitter|Tumblr)
European Paintings  ( Twitter|Tumblr)
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts  ( Twitter|Tumblr)
Greek and Roman Art  ( Twitter|Tumblr)
Islamic Art  ( Twitter|Tumblr)
Medieval Art  ( Twitter|Tumblr)
Modern and Contemporary Art  ( Twitter|Tumblr)
Musical Instruments  ( Twitter|Tumblr)
Photographs  ( Twitter|Tumblr)

Even though the sharing is powered by Off The Easel, all the links point to the original image source on the Met’s website. Also, I am more than happy to share all of the the social data or just talk about the project - email me. 

And, just in case, I am not associated with the Metropolitan Museum of Art ;)