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A gallery installation with a standalone, slender wall with a single hanging scroll surrounded by artworks presented on walls, on platforms, and in covered display cases throughout the space.

News Installation on the Role of Animals and Literary Themes in Asian Art

On view until May 2025

Four framed prints of multiple paintbrushes with their bristles pointing downward hang on a dark gray wall in a gallery. To the left is a wall with a text panel and a framed print of a single paintbrush with reddish bristles.

News Jim Dine: "This Is Me"

Installation on view through June 8, 2025

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Two visitors look closely at a small painting. The visitor on the right-hand side points at the painting.

The Gallery is free and open to the public from Tuesday through Sunday.

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Upcoming Programs

A painting of an angel descending on a sleeping haloed man. A cityscape is visible in the right background. The painting is enclosed in a large golden frame with carved elements.

Gallery Talks Latin American Paintings On View at the Gallery

Wednesday, April 23, 2025, 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
A person seated at a table, working on a craft project. A roll of masking tape, a palette, a cup of water, and brushes rest on the table in front of them.

Teen Programs Teen Program

Wednesday, April 23, 2025, 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
A painting of a man and woman seated indoors in fine, black-and-white attire. A painting of a reclining nude hangs above the mantel behind them, on a wall otherwise covered in decorative wallpaper or a textile. An ornate cloth covers the table to their right.

Lectures The Art of the Paper Trail: Provenance Research in the 21st Century

Thursday, April 24, 2025, 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
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Research & Learning

A group of student sit in a gallery filled with furntiture. A student in the foreground points toward a large chest of drawers where a man stands looking at the student pensively.

Activating the power of art to inspire and to create a more inclusive world.

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