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Surprise Endings: Gorham Silver's Mythologique

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This rare example of Gorham's "Mythologique" flatware service was purposefully left unfinished as they are samples, combining elaborate hand-worked detail with mechanized brute force.

Egungun Atipako—with hand-woven aso ofi textiles. Ibadan, Nigeria. Photo: Bolaji Campbell, 2007

Cloth as Metaphor in Egungun Costumes

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Egungun costumes are usually created from a wide variety of carefully chosen fabrics ranging from exquisite samples of local handwoven aso ofi to exotic fabrics imported from aro

A brown skinned man with long hair, wearing a headdress, a beaded medallion, and carrying a short wooden staff stands in a dark landscape, looking into the distance.

Kunneepaumwuw ut Nahhiggananēuck aukéashut

You are standing on Narragansett lands.

The man in this painting lived in the same era and region as some of colonists seen in this gallery.

Seeing the Peacock Feathers

College Student Voices

RISD Museum intern Alicia Valencia (RISD 2015, Furniture) explains how the act of looking closely formed her impressions on Samuel Gragg's Elastic armchair.

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Day With(out) Art 2025

Screening
Thursday, December 4 / 6:30-7:30 pm
A wallpaper panel depicting a palatial courtyard framed by ornate blue and green drapery with stone archways, columns, and two lion statues flanking a cobblestone path.

The Art of French Wallpaper Design

November 15, 2024 - May 11, 2025
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Transpacific Dialogues–Asian/American Art of Collaboration

Symposium - DAY 2
October 25, 2024 / 1-4:45 pm
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Transpacific Dialogues–Asian/American Art of Collaboration

Symposium - DAY 1
October 24, 2024 / 2-5 pm
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Pendleton House

July 18, 2024 / 6-7:30 pm
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Hiraeth

Lecture-Performance by Mithu Sen
October 25, 2023 / 3:30-4:45 pm

Take Care

August 13, 2022 - February 26, 2023
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Work in Progress

Sketching Sound
May 8, 2022 / 12-2 pm
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A conversation with Paul Scott, Beth Katleman, and curator Elizabeth A. Williams

June 8, 2021 / 12-1 pm

upcoming exhibition

Black Flyyy
November 21, 2020 - May 2, 2021

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Raid the Icebox Now with Beth Katleman: Games of Chance
November 8, 2019 - July 11, 2021
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Poetry Reading
October 25, 2019 / 7-8 pm
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Exhibition and Gallery Overview

European Galleries
January 23, 2019 / 12-1 pm
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Break Pot: Benefit Street
November 8, 2018 / 1-4 pm
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Empresses of China's Forbidden City at the Peabody Essex Museum
November 2, 2018 / 9 am-4 pm

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Bona Drag: An Incomplete History of Drag and Cross-Gender Performance in Film and Video Art
November 2, 2018 - March 3, 2019
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Please Refrain From Touching These Funny Shaped Trees
March 11, 2018 / 2:30-3:15 pm
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Assembly

Please Refrain From Touching These Funny Shaped Trees
March 11, 2018 / 1-1:45 pm
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Third Thursday

November 16, 2017 / 5-9 pm
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Double Take

When Venus Looks Back
February 26, 2017 / 3-3:45 pm

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