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Detail: Child Taken by Mermaid by Melania Mazinyani

African

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detail: Thomas Hart Benton, The Ballad of the Jealous Lover of Lone Green Valley

American

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Detail: Vairocana by China

Asian

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Mary Sibande

Contemporary

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Detail: Abstraction: Windows by Jeanne Rij-Rousseau

European

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Detail: Café by Wilson Bigaud

Latin American and Caribbean

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Acoma peoples, jar

Native American

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Detail: How to Make Applesauce at M.I.T. .30-caliber Bullet by Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton

Prints, Drawings, and Photographs

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GALLERY HOURS
Monday  CLOSED
Tuesday  10:00am–4:00pm
Wednesday  10:00am–8:00pm
Thursday  10:00am–8:00pm
Friday  10:00am–4:00pm
Saturday  10:00am–4:00pm
Sunday  noon–4:00pm
Thursday, April 18
OPEN TODAY 10:00am–8:00pm

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THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
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