Whether you are in New York, Pennsylvania, Arkansas, Oregon, Colorado, Minnesota, or Illinois, there's almost always a great museum nearby.
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Jean Schlumberger, Columns and Sphere
Using precious stones, metals, and enamel, jewelry designer Jean Schlumberger created these extremely exuberant artifacts.
On looking closely: Giorgio Morandi, Still Life
This extraordinarily simple painting raises fundamental issues of how we see, how we describe, and even of the history of art.
Toshiko Takaezu, Crater Moon
Takaezu's ceramics reflect her belief that art should have "mystery, an unsaid quality; it contains a spirit and is alive."
Samanid plate
Decorated with two rings of Arabic script, this dish highlights the central role of the written word Islamic art.
Alfred De Dreux, The Emperor’s Horse
This portrait of Napoleon III’s favorite horse tells an important story of art theft and repatriation.
Camille Pissarro, The “Royal Palace” at the Hermitage, Pontoise
In this landscape of the town Pontoise, Pissarro emphasizes the modest people that make up its rural community.
Berthe Morisot, Young Woman Watering a Shrub
Morisot's loose brushstrokes and abstracted forms transform an ordinary scene into a incredible work of Impressionist painting.
Arpilleras
Through the creation of arpilleras, women spoke out against the violence of the Pinochet dictatorship.
Edgar Degas, Little Dancer Age Fourteen
In subject and form, Degas breaks away from academic tradition and instead creates a sculpture that reflects modern Paris.
Diane Arbus, A Box of Ten Photographs
In 10 photographs, Arbus intimately portrays her sitters and captures compelling scenes of mid-century American life.
Louis Carrogis de Carmontelle, Figures Walking in a Parkland
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When played through an optical device, Carmontelle's 12-1/2 foot long drawing animates to tell a story of 18th-century leisure.
Felix Gonzalez-Torres, “Untitled” (L.A.)
For Gonzalez-Torres, the pile of candy that makes up "Untitled" (L.A.) is embedded with deeply personal and political meanings.
