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Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker examine The Seated Scribe at Musée du Louvre.

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Asian Art

Thomas Chippendale, The Gentleman and Cabinet-maker's Director: Being a Large Collection of . . . Designs of Household Furniture in the Gothic, Chinese and Modern Taste . . ., 1754. Printed book, engraved plates. 17 3/4 x 12 1/4 x 2 inches (45 x 31 x 5 cm).

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LGBTQ Artists

8 - self-portrait in the afternoon light, january 2019, puberty

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Latin American Art

Melchor Pérez Holguín, Pietà (detail), Bolivia, c. 1720.

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Auction

the base and cover with chased strapwork and fruit, the cover surmounted by the figure of Judith holding the head of Holofernes, the interior with a hinged, pierced lid covering the bottom half of the cup, inset with a 1768 Nuremburg thaler.

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Andrew Wyeth, John Olson's Funeral, 1945.

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Renaissance

Joseph Nicéphore Niépce, View from the Window at Le Gras (enhanced version by Helmut Gershein), c. 1826-7. Oil-treated bitumen. 20 × 25 cm.

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Gallery

Omani artist Alia Al Farsi stands at door. Image by Shaqeel Al Balushi

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Women Artists

detail view of April Bey, detail view of You Told Harpo to Beat Me, 2022. Woven tapestry with hand-sewn fabric and sequins, Chinese knockoff pearls. 80 x 60 inches.

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Indigenous Art

Grace Zimiga, Sundance Star, 1968-1980. Cotton, muslin, and thread, 61.1 x 88.8 in. (155.3 x 225.7 cm.), National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, D.C.

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Sculpture

View of one of Davis' seven nine-foot-long sculptures from below. Installation view of Antinomies, 2022. West clerestory of Concourse E at CDIA. Photo by Stanley Capps

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Fair

Yayoi Kusama, detail of Kusama Presents An Orgy : Nudity, Love, Sex & Beauty For Adults Over 21, 1969. Offset-printed. 17.3 x 11.4 in.

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Modern Art

Franz Kline, Mahoning, 1956. Oil and paper on canvas, 80 3/8 × 100 1/2in. (204.2 × 255.3 cm), Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. https://whitney.org/collection/works/1997

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Black Artists

detail of painting that features a black man in white clothes and in front of white background. His glasses reflect gothic church windows.

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Ancient Art

9758: Dana Zentgraf (excavator, PhD Student Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel) shakes soil through a sifter to look for finds that might otherwise be overlooked by the eye in the trench.

The Gardens of Pompeii & Natural Disasters in Antiquity

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Antiques

courtesy of the Wagner Free Institute of Science overview shot of the gallery, which was taken professionally by David Graham

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Photography

Dinh Ngoc Thong, Bo Doi saying farewell to family from VN Pictorial, 1954. DOGMA BATTLEFIELD LENS COLLECTION.

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Drawing

Albert Gregory Hull, Football Player, ca. 1933-1943. Detail.

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Painting

Open Window, 1969, Private Collection, Estate of Philip Guston, courtesy of Hauser & Wirth

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Contemporary Art

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