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Self-Guided Tour

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

Portal to the Past: Behind Mia’s Chinese Gate

Worker Elves or Trolls? The Peculiar Story of the Purcell-Cutts House Windows

Print Study Picks: Asian American and Pacific Islander History at Mia

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

A Painting on the Move: The Loan of “The Large Blue Horses”

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

Artists at Work

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

Events

Wisdom of Happiness: A Heart-to-Heart with the Dalai Lama

Allegories of a Better World

Vitality Arts: Collage: Painting with Paper

Teacher Workshop: Teaching Genocide through Art

Guest Talk: John Cameron Mitchell

Meet at Mia: Summer Series 2026

Panel Discussion: Modern Art and Politics in Germany 1910–1945

A Guide to Transforming Adversity into Sustainable Peace

Curator Talk: Makeda Best on “Containing Multitudes”

Art in Bloom Gallery Stationed Guides

Exhibitions

colorful mosaic illustrating a variety of workers engaged in different activities, including construction, food service, and agricultural work.

Immigrants: A Gift from Morelos to Mia

August 15, 2026 - February 28, 2027

Medieval tapestry depicting people and animals in a forest setting.

Back from the Underworld: Mia’s Dante Tapestry Restored

July 11, 2026 - January 31, 2027

Cracked ceramic with textured pattern and straight lines.

Breaking Tradition: The Avant-Garde in Japanese Ceramics, 1948 to 1990

October 24, 2026 - February 7, 2027

People viewing a mixed media artwork featuring two figures.

Teen Perspectives: Yesterday and Today

May 9, 2026 - August 30, 2026

Painting of group of people gathered indoors, seated on chairs arranged in a circle. In the foreground, a person in a blue dress with intricate patterns and a fur collar lies back on an armchair, eyes open. To the left, a person bends over a container, preparing something. Several other individuals sit closely together, some holding papers and others interacting or playing games.

María Berrío: Songlines

September 12, 2026 - January 10, 2027

Skeletons with plants and lanterns on a textured background.

Bare Bones: Skeletons in Japanese Art

October 24, 2026 - January 3, 2027

Vintage floral gown with puffed sleeves on a mannequin.

Paris Couture

October 4, 2026 - January 17, 2027

The illustration shows a stylized figure standing on a hill, holding a staff. Next to the person is a small dog. The hill is covered with curved, dotted lines creating a stippled pattern. To the left, a cluster of sheep is also depicted using similar lines. In the upper background, a sun with radiating lines is visible. The entire image is monochromatic, with shades of beige and light brown.

Meruhen: Japanese Prints of Fairy Tales

May 9, 2026 - March 7, 2027

Two identical round clocks placed on opposite trays of a metal balance scale. Both clocks have white faces with black numbers and hands. The clock on the left shows the time at 12:04, while the clock on the right displays 12:15.

Kenji Nakahashi: A Confident Life

April 4, 2026 - December 27, 2026

Two separate photographic images forming one large image; large black-and-white image of three clasped hands at bottom center; smaller color images surrounding image of hands and handwritten notes

Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes

April 23, 2026 - November 1, 2026

Artworks

Piano bench

Piano bench

Valance

Valance

Card table

Card table

Model S scale

Model S scale

Wall sconce with salamander and floral motif

Wall sconce with salamander and floral motif

Lotus table

Lotus table

Portrait of John Scott Bradstreet

Portrait of John Scott Bradstreet

Portrait of John Scott Bradstreet

Portrait of John Scott Bradstreet

Seed jar

Seed jar

Sari

Sari

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Articles

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

Photo of two Black women wearing white holding microphones during a performance in a Mia gallery

Mia Is Yours: A Look Inside Programming with Anna Dilliard

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

Pierre Ware photographing a Tibetan statue.

What I learned: Photographer Pierre Ware on his fellowship at Mia

Close-up view of an embroidered fabric including a vase filling with water, an ostrich, and two swans with intertwined necks.

The Mia Staff Art Show Returns

The Many Lives of the Moulin Rouge

2024 Impact Report: How Mia is inspiring wonder and changing lives

View of The Store at Mia, ready for the holidays.

Mia’s 2024 Holiday Gift Guide

Black and white photo showing Andean peasants in church

Honoring Hispanic Heritage Month with classic photography

The Tibetan Sand Mandala: A Short History