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01 Maureen Gruben, Stitching My Landscape (detail), 2017

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Work by multimedia artist Marie Watt, the hidden stories of ethnic Koreans living in Japan, and two millennia of art, culture, and natural science inspired by Pliny the Elder

Feb 11, 2023–Jul 30, 2023

A collage of overlapping rectangles breaking up words and letters in orange, black, gray, cream, and white

Storywork: The Prints of Marie Watt from the Collections of Jordan Schnitzer and His Family Foundation

The interdisciplinary work of Marie Watt draws from history, biography, Iroquois protofeminism, and Indigenous teachings to explore the intersection of history, community, and storytelling.

Feb 1, 2023–Jun 11, 2023

A three-channel video projection shows a central woman in white in and beside landscapes of clouds, mountains, and bodies of water

Morning Dew: The Stigma of Being “Brainwashed”

Works by Soni Kum, Hiroki Yamamoto and Kazuya Takagawa, and Nobuaki Takekawa artistically evoke the hidden stories of ethnic Koreans living in Japan.

Jan 21, 2023–Jun 11, 2023

Wonder and Wakefulness: The Nature of Pliny the Elder

Marking the 2000th birth year of the Roman author, natural philosopher, and statesman, this exhibition explores two millennia of art, culture, and natural science.

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The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University opened in 1973 and has always been open to all without charge. Designed by I. M. Pei & Partners, the Museum is named for Herbert F. Johnson, Class of 1922.

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Cornell University is located on the traditional homelands of the Gayogṑhó:nǫ’ (the Cayuga Nation). The Gayogṑhó:nǫ’ are members of the Hodinǭhsȱ:nih (Haudenosaunee) Confederacy, an alliance of six sovereign Nations with a historic and contemporary presence on this land. The Confederacy precedes the establishment of Cornell University, New York state, and the United States of America. We acknowledge the painful history of Gayogṑhó:nǫ’ dispossession, and honor the ongoing connection of Gayogṑhó:nǫ’ people, past and present, to these lands and waters.

This land acknowledgment has been reviewed and approved by the traditional Gayogṑhó:nǫ’ leadership.

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