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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

Shimmering jewels in Pahari School paintings.
Olivia Dill and Marina Ruiz Molina
May 27

Anne Anlin Cheng
May 16

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Join Stephanie Herdrich, Alice Pratt Brown Curator of American Paintings & Drawings, and Caroline Corbeau-Parsons, Curator of Drawings and Paintings, Musée D’Orsay, Paris, and Paul Perrin, Director of Conservation and Collections, Musée D’Orsay,Paris, to virtually explore Sargent and Paris.
May 8

The artist’s work challenges the social and political context of mass incarceration.
Lisa Sutcliffe
April 28

Learn how the artist’s Great Hall Commission utilizes the idiosyncrasy of calligraphy to foster a broad, inclusive dialogue.
Lesley Ma
February 28

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Join Alison Hokanson, Curator in the Department of European Paintings, and Joanna Sheers Seidenstein, Assistant Curator in the Department of Drawings and Prints, along with Max Hollein, Marina Kellen French Director and CEO, to virtually explore Caspar David Friedrich: The Soul of Nature.
February 20

A selection of the artist's prints candidly portrays the experience of women during periods of political oppression.
Jennifer Farrell
December 9, 2024

Learn about the artist’s trips and infatuation with Egypt.
Fred Wilson
November 22, 2024

"I see vibrant thoughts as clouds and feel volatile emotions as waves."
Kurt Behrendt
October 7, 2024