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Exhibitions

Curated exhibitions: themed rooms of CC0 works from the world's open-access collections. Each exhibition is a walk through an idea.

Terracotta chariot krater, Greek, Mycenaean, ca. 1375-1350 BCE, The Met

Tomb figure of a woman on horseback, China, Tang dynasty, Smithsonian

A Mughal Nobleman on Horseback, Rembrandt van Rijn, British Museum

Exhibition 003 · 21 works · 6 rooms

The Horse That Changed the World

Six thousand years, one animal, drawn by five civilisations as its own idea of power, until a machine took its work and its name.

Marble statue of a kouros (youth), Greek, ca. 590-580 BCE, The Met

The monk Budai, Chinese, Qing dynasty, The Met

Loving Couple (Mithuna), Indian, Eastern Ganga dynasty, The Met

Exhibition 001 · 8 works · 3 rooms

How civilisations depict the human

Three sculptures, three civilisations, nearly two thousand years apart. Three incompatible ideas of what a person is.

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The Divine Body

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Symmetry & Asymmetry

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