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Print Study Picks: Three Works that Reframe Queer Art History

2026–27 MAEP Exhibitions

How Old Were the Founding Fathers in 1776? Don’t Let Art Deceive You

The Original Slow Fashion: Maya Huipiles

Self-Guided Tour

Meet the Medicis: The Mad, Marvelous Family behind the Italian Renaissance

Harmony in Motion: Celebrating Mia’s Shiva Nataraja Sculpture with Dance

Domestic Dread: A Closer Look at Nik Nerburn’s “The Milkman”

The Gods of Compassion: What Bodhisattvas Can Teach Us About Sacrifice

Print Study Picks: Florals for Spring

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Respite 56

Respite 56

Menotomy 56

Menotomy 56

Untitled 56

Untitled 56

Eye Target (#DW-56)

Eye Target (#DW-56)

Profane Existence, no. 56

Profane Existence, no. 56

Grain Elevator, US 56, Central Kansas

Grain Elevator, US 56, Central Kansas

Public Illumination Magazine, no. 56: Lethargy

Public Illumination Magazine, no. 56: Lethargy

Cometbus, no. 56: A Bestiary of Booksellers

Cometbus, no. 56: A Bestiary of Booksellers

Listera australis- Southern Twayblade, #56 from Orchids of the North Eastern United States

Listera australis- Southern Twayblade, #56 from Orchids of the North Eastern United States

Niccolò Jomelli, no. 56, from a recueil of etchings

Niccolò Jomelli, no. 56, from a recueil of etchings

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The Tibetan Sand Mandala: A Short History

When art was an Olympic “sport”

Mia goes to Paris: Olympic sports (or things that should be) in art

This is a photo of the gift items at the Mia store. There are candles, books and small stuffed animals dangling from a tree.

Mia’s 2023 Holiday Gift Guide

This is an Italian styled painting of an remorseful Adam and Eve being expelled out of the Garden of Eden. An angel escorts them out of paradise.

How Bank of America helped restore a 400-year-old masterwork at Mia

This is an oil on Masonite artwork, there are various colors and shape to showcase the abstract and free nature of this artwork.

New! Take this self-guided tour of Pride Month art at Mia

A group of older people are looking towards a camera to take a picture. Some are standing in informal positions while someone is sitting with their leg up in the air.

“Expressions of Joy” hits the stage at Mia, celebrating the creativity of older adults

This is the entrance hallway to the exhibition, "Fragments of Epic Memory"

Revisiting the Caribbean: A Q&A on “Fragments of Epic Memory”

A Native woman is sitting on a bench with clear, blue skies behind her. She is wearing elements of Native detailing in her outfit.

Self-guided tour showcases women in art at Mia

This is a tempura painting by Italian artist, Luca Signorelli. A lightly clothed woman is being crowned by a man while she is surrounded by two babies.

How love grows cold: The curious adage behind a visiting painting