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A rectangular stone slab is painted with two large figures with medium-dark skin in profile, a man and a woman. Surrounding them are various food items, as well as a smaller male figure holding a large piece of meat. Across the top are hieroglyphics. Color photograph of several people in a corridor. The wall at left bears the repeated image of a hand holding a credit card emblazoned with the works of artist Barbara Kruger in a haphazard checkerboard pattern. At right is a similar image on which the card reads, “I Shop Therefore I Am." A square tapestry in beige, pink, peach, green, and blue featuring a central, four-leafed blossom. Inside the blossom is an intricate floral motif with leaves and geometrically twisted vines at center. A square tapestry in beige, pink, peach, green, and blue featuring a central, four-leafed blossom. Inside the blossom is an intricate floral motif with leaves and geometrically twisted vines at center. Color photograph of several people in a corridor. The wall at left bears the repeated image of a hand holding a credit card emblazoned with the works of artist Barbara Kruger in a haphazard checkerboard pattern. At right is a similar image on which the card reads, “I Shop Therefore I Am." Color photograph of several people in a corridor. The wall at left bears the repeated image of a hand holding a credit card emblazoned with the works of artist Barbara Kruger in a haphazard checkerboard pattern. At right is a similar image on which the card reads, “I Shop Therefore I Am."

Get a sneak peak of our new galleries for ancient Egyptian art, see how May Morris of Morris & Co. made her own mark on the family business and beyond, and virtually explore Barbara Kruger’s work around the museum and across the city.

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