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A Closer Look

  • 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 watercolor painting of a bridge going across a body of water. The bridge is located in the upper third of the painting with grayish water underneath.
    The Plain Pier of Beautiful Harmonies
  • A gilded frame without a picture
    The Mystery of the Missing Frame
  • Detail of black sculpture depicting monkeys climbing.
    A Closer Look: Monkeys Grasp for the Moon

    Behind the Scenes

  • A multi-story building with lit up text.
    Tom Vick in Korea: Now it Gets Interesting…

    Behind the Scenes

  • “Masters of Mercy: Buddha’s Amazing Disciples” Closes July 8
  • Ai Weiwei: A Model Exhibition

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  • The sacred mountain appears in the distance, framed by the 'A' support securing a large timber as two carpenters saw planks and another sharpens his saw under a straw lean-to.
    Hokusai: A Mad Man Before His Time

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  • A print of a large body of water with large blue wave and three wooden boats.
    Hokusai: Making Waves

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