Gifts of the Ebb Tide: The Sea in Japanese Prints
The sea is pervasive in the imagery of Japan—after all, it is an island nation. Kitagawa Utamaro’s Gifts of the Ebb Tide, also called The Shell Book, […]
August 21, 2020
Past
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August 21, 2020Romare Bearden: A Black Odyssey
Exhibition Overview In 1977, Romare Bearden created a series of collages and watercolors based on Homer’s epic poem The Odyssey. Rich in symbolism and allegorical content, Bearden’s Odyssey series […]
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August 21, 2020
Mithila Painting: The Evolution of an Art Form
Exhibition Overview Since the fourteenth century, women in the Mithila region of Bihar, India, have practiced a distinctive traditional form of domestic wall painting. In […]
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August 21, 2020Karen LaMonte: Material and Light
Three sculptures by Karen LaMonte on view are tours-de-force of material and light that reflect rich cultural meanings and illuminate human experience. Three recently acquired […]
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August 21, 2020
Ikeda Manabu and Tenmyouya Hisashi
This exhibition features the art of two contemporary Japanese artists and introduces a new work by each into the museum’s permanent collection. Ikeda Manabu has […]
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August 21, 2020Changing Hands: Art Without Reservation 3, Contemporary Native Art from the Northeast and Southeast
Exhibition Overview Changing Hands: Art Without Reservation 3 explores the work of contemporary artists of indigenous origin working in both traditional and new media, acknowledging their […]
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August 21, 2020Marginalia in cARTography
Exhibition Overview This exhibition explores the visual discourse between marginal artistic images and the maps where they appear, as this marginalia sheds light on the […]
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August 21, 2020
“You know she’s a little bit dangerous”
Sandra Erbacher is the winner of the 2014 Chazen Museum Prize to an Outstanding MFA Student. Erbacher’s collages, sculptures and installations employ commonplace industrial materials, […]
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August 21, 2020“I knew him.” Jim Dine Skulls, 1982–2000
Jim Dine is one of the most recognizable and prolific of American artists. His work is characterized by the invention, repetition, and reinvention of now-familiar […]
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August 21, 2020A Passion for Photography: The John W. and Carol L.H. Green Collection
These black-and-white images, most from the first half of the twentieth century, are remarkable in that they document and record the cultural milieu of the […]