Curator

Art Institute Chicago
Harvard art museum
My Exhibition

Scenes from the Buddha’s Life

Scenes from the Buddha’s Life

Thai

A painted portrait of an extravagantly dressed woman seated at a table, applying pink powder blush to her cheeks.

Pompadour at Her Toilette, 1703 - 1770

François Boucher

Auto

Auto, Leipzig, Germany, 1943 - 1977, Kurumba Island, Maldives

Blinky Palermo

A black and white image of a terracotta man standing and holding a shield. He has a large, round belly and a beard and mustache. He is wearing a draped cloth around his hips.

Comic actor with shield

Greek

Old Man with Cane in Rocky Landscape (drawing, recto; calligraphy, verso), folio from an album

Old Man with Cane in Rocky Landscape (drawing, recto; calligraphy, verso), folio from an album

Persian

A brightly colored close up scene of peaches in a porcelain bowl

Still Life with Peaches, 1848 - 1903

Paul Gauguin

Amphora (storage jar): Poseidon and Giants; Peleus and Thetis

Amphora (storage jar): Poseidon and Giants; Peleus and Thetis

Greek

Ovoid Pillow with Decoration of Blossoming Lotus Plants

Ovoid Pillow with Decoration of Blossoming Lotus Plants

Chinese

Calligraphic panel showing stylized views of Mecca and Medina and Sandals of the Prophet Muhammad

Calligraphic panel showing stylized views of Mecca and Medina and Sandals of the Prophet Muhammad

A black and white print of a glass object in the form of a postcard.

The Guaranteed Surrealist Postcard Series

Various Artists

[Mish-Sha-Quat] (Clear Sky), Chippewa Delegate

[Mish-Sha-Quat] (Clear Sky), Chippewa Delegate, 1801 - 1846

Henry Inman

A painted portrait of an Indigenous person wearing a headdress.

[Tah-Col-o-Quoit (Rising Cloud)], Asakiwaki/Sauk Warrior; representative of the Sauk and Fox coalition, 1801 - 1846

Henry Inman