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A detail of an etching that shows a white-robed angel in the sky amidst fluffy clouds, radiant light, and other celestial beings. The heavenly figures hover over a landscape with lush trees and foliage rendered in deep shadow to the right.

News Printing Darkness

Installation on view through December 7, 2025

A black-and-white, close-up photograph of a woman’s face in profile slightly gazing at the viewer. She wears a hat with soft feathers that drape over her left ear and a black netted veil that covers the upper part of her face.

News The Shared New Vision of ringl + pit

Installation on view through December 7, 2025

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A painting of a Black woman tightly framed from the chest up. Her body faces us, but she turns her head and looks left with a serene expression. She wears large, golden hoop earrings, blue eyeshadow, and a colorful patterned top. Her Afro rises to the image’s top edge. The figure appears cut-out and presses against a collage-like background, with wood paneling at left and plants at right.

Gallery Talks Mickalene Thomas’s Liz with Hoops

Wednesday, November 19, 2025, 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Art making as part of the Gallery’s Teen Art Studio, 2025

Teen Events Teen Art Studio

Wednesday, November 19, 2025, 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
An arm enters the frame at center left, preparing to strike an object resembling a bell, using a clublike object. The bell is one of several lined up in an L-shape in the image’s foreground. Seated figures appear blurrily in the background.

Performances Javanese Gamelan Concert

Thursday, November 20, 2025, 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
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Find details about more than 190,000 objects, starting with our highlights.

Shrine to the God Mithras (Mithraeum)

Artist: Unknown

Die Ungeborenen (The Unborn)

Artist: Anselm Kiefer (German, born 1945)

Number 13A: Arabesque

Artist: Jackson Pollock (American, 1912–1956)

The Artist's Garden in Giverny

Artist: Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926)

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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.

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