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Gallery Talk: The Body Contemporary
January 17, 2017
12:00PM–1:00PM
Meet in Griffin Court
Free with museum admission
The body is where biology meets culture. Join a museum educator to explore how contemporary artists engage with traditions of sculpture, portraiture, and self-portraiture to to imagine the human body anew.
Rachel Harrison. Pablo Escobar, 2010. Gift of Nancy Lauter McDougal and Alfred L. McDougal.

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