The stunning tapestry woven by victims of religious persecution

"This tapestry is almost the antithesis of what one expects from a great sixteenth-century weaving."

"This tapestry is almost the antithesis of what one expects from a great sixteenth-century weaving."

Curator Elizabeth Cleland on "Hunters in a Landscape," a Flemish tapestry from the sixteenth century.

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Elizabeth Cleland
Associate Curator, Department of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

A collage of blurred images depicts people in various settings, with groups standing near structures and rocky landscapes. The mood is contemplative and somber.
I wept thinking of the many treks around prison rec yards I’d made with men whose crimes would never be forgiven, for whom freedom sometimes felt as unlikely as sainthood.
Reginald Dwayne Betts
June 24
Two women in opulent dress and jewelry sit facing each other on a patterned carpet
Shimmering jewels in Pahari School paintings.
Olivia Dill and Marina Ruiz Molina
May 27
Futuristic sculpture of a fragmented, abstract human form in stone against a neoclassical arch. The tone is dynamic and modern amidst classical architecture.
How do Lee Bul’s sculptures hold space for critical remembrance to show how the past shapes our present?
Anne Anlin Cheng
May 16
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Hunters in a Landscape, Anonymous, 16th century, Wool, silk (14 warps per inch; 5-6 per cm), British, probably London
Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1575–95