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

Photo Study Picks: Shaking the House

Pedestal Floral Artist Inspiration Statements

Art in Bloom: A Bit about This Year’s Signature Artwork

Secrets of the Veiled Lady: The Passion and Politics Behind Mia’s Marble Masterpiece

The Object Podcast Self-Guided Tour

The Return of the Pillsbury Owl: Conserving a Shang-Dynasty Masterpiece

Print Study Picks: Art by Women

Educator Guide: Modern Art and Politics in Germany 1910–1945: Masterworks from the Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin

Getting the Shot: How Photographs Have Shaped Our Understanding of Historic Sites

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Angkor 79, Bayon

Angkor 79, Bayon

Figure of a Lar

Figure of a Lar

Temple d'Isis a Pompeii tel qu'il devoit être en l'Année 79

Temple d'Isis a Pompeii tel qu'il devoit être en l'Année 79

Fashion Plate, Fig. 78 and 79, from Gallery of Fashion, Vol. II

Fashion Plate, Fig. 78 and 79, from Gallery of Fashion, Vol. II

Their Numbers were Picked out of a Hat. They Were Just Chosen King and Queen of a Senior Citizens' Dance in N.Y.C. Yetta Grant is 72 and Charles Fahrer is 79. They Have Never Met Before.

Their Numbers were Picked out of a Hat. They Were Just Chosen King and Queen of a Senior Citizens' Dance in N.Y.C. Yetta Grant is 72 and Charles Fahrer is 79. They Have Never Met Before.

Study of Figures with Shields (recto and verso), Pages 79 and 80 from a book of studies

Study of Figures with Shields (recto and verso), Pages 79 and 80 from a book of studies

Floating Mist on Distant Peaks

Floating Mist on Distant Peaks

The Famous American, Mariano Cebellos

The Famous American, Mariano Cebellos

Bamboo and Rock after Zheng Xie

Bamboo and Rock after Zheng Xie

The Imitative and Descriptive Arts

The Imitative and Descriptive Arts

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Page filled with printed text in German, featuring a decorative initial letter 'F' that is larger and more ornate than the surrounding letters. The text is densely packed in a single column.

Instructions in Measurement, 500 Years On

painting of the Hindu deity Shiva in yellow and orange robes looking at his wife Parvati wearing a decorative yellow dress in a green meadow while three women observe the scene

How Miniature Paintings Reveal the Vast World of Indian Art

Dog days: A brief, fur-filled history of canines in the collection

When art was an Olympic “sport”

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

This is a tapestry of a dragon. Brown, cream and black are used to in the detailing.

Tooth, claw, fire, rain: A beginner’s guide to dragons

People are sitting in rows at tables with art tools in their hands. They are painting and drawing on the canvas' in front of them.

55 and better: Vitality Arts exhibition reveals latent talents and lasting friendships

The Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise, by Domenico Passignano; The Archangel Michael, by Cavaliere d'Arpino; Jacob Wrestling with the Angel, by Cristoforo Roncalli

Recently installed Barberini artworks elevate Mia’s Baroque gallery

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 Japanese ink painting of a frog is gazed with contentment. Behind the frog is a calligraphed story in Japanese.

Poet frogs, mustard-seed books, and other tales from “The Art of Literacy”