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  • An art gallery with one wall painted turquoise and another painted red. Framed photographs and text labels hang on the walls, illuminated with soft halos from the ceiling lights.
    Preserving the Present

    Behind the Scenes, Conservation

  • A painting lies on a black square on the floor, where a kneeling figure adjusts it. The lighting is purple, and parts of the painting glow.
    Beyond the Visible: Using Imaging to Study Pichwai Paintings

    Behind the Scenes, Conservation

  • Three people sit cross-legged on the floor with hands resting palm up on their legs, surrounded by green and gold walls and shelves of ceramics.
    8 Mindfulness Activities at NMAA
  • Three Japanese hanging scrolls, each displayed in its own protective glass case.
    An Introduction to Mounting Japanese Paintings

    Conservation

  • Two people stand in silhouette before a wide woodblock print of a large room filled with women in kimonos.
    Try Slow Looking with 9 Guided Activities
  • A cow stands before a large white building at the end of a stretch of grass bordered by rows of trees.
    From India to America: Pushtimarg as a Global Religion
  • Two covers show details from different paintings, both of which feature kimono-clad figures on balconies overlooking rivers, with mountains in the distance.
    Just Published: A Tale of Two Balconies

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  • A crop of a painting shows four men in traditional Indian court clothing. Two men in the center sit on a divan, facing one another.
    Just Published: Ars Orientalis, Volume 54

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  • Four people with shaved head and simple orange robes hold up an orange banner across a white wall.
    Just Published: Buddhism and the Senses

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  • A section of a scroll painting shows a grove of tall pine trees in mountains, on the edge of water, with a house nestled in the center.
    Just Published: Imagined Neighbors

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