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A person sits at a table in a study-like room stringing objects—flowers, leaves, vegetables, crystals, scraps of paper with mathematical equations—onto a three-dimensional musical staff. Figures emerging from the wall do the same, while the floor's tiles come loose, drawers overflow, and birds nest in the back of a chair. A person sits at a table in a study-like room stringing objects—flowers, leaves, vegetables, crystals, scraps of paper with mathematical equations—onto a three-dimensional musical staff. Figures emerging from the wall do the same, while the floor's tiles come loose, drawers overflow, and birds nest in the back of a chair. Exhibition
Remedios Varo: Science Fictions

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Young African American boy standing in front of a movie theater. He leans on a wooden barricade, wearing sunglasses, a zippered jacket, pants, and white sneakers. He holds a small book in his hands, looking straight at the camera.
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Bey
A shiny, burnished orange vessel with a pointed base that widens into a round shape, narrows into a narrow neck, and widens again into wide opening with a upward-facing rim.
Magdalene

Odundo
A vibrantly colored, abstract landscape. A multi-colored orb seems to burst in the sky while various forms rise from the ground and split in the air.

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Lenore

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Gerrit van Honthorst painting from 1621/22 called A Boy Blowing on a Firebrand, 1621/22.
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Heart Sutra
Yoon

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Painting of a woman and an older white man holding a pitchfork, both seen from the waist up. They stand side by side with stern expressions, in front of a white house with a peaked roof.
Grant

Wood
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Helmet Mask

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A print of curving river at dusk or dawn with a boat on the left side with three figures. On the right side a tree leans over from a raised bank.

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Bruce Alonzo

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A grid of 31 abstract black-and-white images in white frames. One image sits below the 5 X6 grid in its own row in the leftmost corner.
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