Exhibition Type: Contemporary Art

A swimmer, wearing goggles, performs the butterfly stroke in wavy splashes of water. The whole scene is rendered in vibrant segments of rainbow colors.

Butterfly (detail), Ay-Ō 靉嘔 (born 1931), Japan, Showa era, 1988, silkscreen, ink on paper, The Pearl and Seymour Moskowitz Collection, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, S2021.5.5, © Ay-Ō

Ay-Ō’s Happy Rainbow Hell

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Seikan Ferryboat, from the series Karasu (Ravens); Fukase Masahisa (1934–2012); Japan, 1976; gelatin silver print; purchase and partial gift from the Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck Collection, S2018.2.24. © Masahisa Fukase Archives, courtesy of Michael Hoppen Gallery in London

Seikan Ferryboat, from the series Karasu (Ravens); Fukase Masahisa (1934–2012); Japan, 1976; gelatin silver print; partial gift from Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck, and purchased through the Freer|Sackler acquisitions fund in honor of Julian Raby, director emeritus of the Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, S2018.2.24. © Masahisa Fukase Archives, courtesy of Michael Hoppen Gallery in London

Japan Modern: Photography from the Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck Collection

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Detail, From the Real to the Symbolic City, From the series Desert of Pharan (2011–13), Ahmed Mater (Saudi Arabia, b. 1979), 2012, Color photograph, Purchase—Friends of the Freer and Sackler Galleries, S2014.5 image

Detail, From the Real to the Symbolic City, From the series Desert of Pharan (2011–13), Ahmed Mater (Saudi Arabia, b. 1979), 2012, Color photograph, Purchase—Friends of the Freer and Sackler Galleries, S2014.5

Symbolic Cities: The Work of Ahmed Mater

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