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Why 20th-century African art is both the best art you’ll ever experience and not art at all.

At least not in the Western sense. NCMA intern Sarah Frisbie explains.
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Arts and Exhibitions

The Art of Healing: Conjuring the Supernatural

Animal-shaped incense burners were used in ancient Costa Rica to seek healing from another world.
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Arts and Exhibitions

The Art of Healing: Desperate Measures

GSK Curatorial Research Fellow Ángel Gonzalez describes the role of "the flayed one," a Mesoamerican god that could both send or cure sickness.
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Arts and Exhibitions

The Art of Healing: Faith and Affliction

Artist José Bedia portrays a saint of health and healing often described as showing no mercy to the arrogant but providing solace to the afflicted.
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Arts and Exhibitions

The Art of Healing: African Fusion

Many African artists and spiritual practitioners are more than willing to incorporate other ideas into their practice to strengthen their potency.
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Eye to Eye

Virtual Mother’s Day Tour

A timely look at a timeless theme.
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Arts and Exhibitions

The Art of Healing: NCMA Caregivers Are Saints

The twin brothers portrayed in a treasured early Italian painting in the NCMA's collection were surgeons who gave free medical care during times of plague.
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What's New

West Building Turns Ten

In the midst of unprecedented challenges for our families, our state, and the world, we look to the light-filled West Building as a beacon of hope to all.
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Eye to Eye

Attracting Wildlife to Your Garden

The NCMA's curator of horticulture and sustainability shares ideas about how to improve your backyard retreat.
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