November 4 · Today's painting

Stay with it for three minutes.
First the whole, then one spot, for a long time.

Claude Monet, Water Lilies, 1906

Water Lilies

Claude Monet1906Oil on canvas89.9 × 94.1 cm

How to spend three minutes

  1. 1The whole, from afarWhere did your eye land first?
  2. 2One spot, with the magnifierLook for brushstrokes, cracked paint, small objects.
  3. 3The whole, once moreWhat looks different now?
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The next painting goes up at 7 a.m. (Korea time).

Yesterday's paintingThe HarvestersPieter Bruegel the Elder · 1565

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