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THE PANDEMIC PRESENTED AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A FRESH LOOK AT THE MUSEUM'S HOLDINGS AND CELEBRATE THE DONORS AND COLLECTORS WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO OUR DIVERSE COLLECTION, THROUGH NEW AND DYNAMIC EXHIBITIONS AT MINT MUSEUM UPTOWN:THE FIRST EXHIBITION NEW DAYS, NEW WORKS, ORGANIZED BY THE MINT, KICKED OFF A CELEBRATION OF GIFTS IN THE MINT'S PERMANENT COLLECTIONS: AMERICAN, CONTEMPORARY, CRAFT, DESIGN AND FASHION, AND DECORATIVE ARTS THAT REPRESENT THE BROAD DIVERSITY OF WORKS OF ART THAT DEFINE THE MINT MUSEUM. AS WE RETREATED TO OUR HOMES AMID A GLOBAL PANDEMIC, PERSPECTIVES SHIFTED, AND NEW VIEWS EVOLVED. NEW DAYS, NEW WORKS CELEBRATED THESE RENEWED PERSPECTIVES FOR OBJECTS THAT WE SURROUND OURSELVES WITH EACH DAY AND NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN WORKS OF ART FROM THE MINT'S COLLECTIONS, INCLUDING GIFTS FROM INDIVIDUAL AND CORPORATE DONORS. MORE THAN EIGHTY WORKS OF ART INCLUDING PHOTOGRAPHY AND SCULPTURES FROM INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS, VIVID PAINTINGS, FASHION ACCESSORIES, AND STUNNING CERAMICS EVOKE EMOTIONS AND FRESH PERSPECTIVES FOR A NEW WORLD.WE ALSO ACTIVATED THE ROBERT HAYWOOD MORRISON ATRIUM IN MINT MUSEUM UPTOWN WITH A MONUMENTAL INSTALLATION FORAGERS BY SUMMER WHEAT. SUMMER'S MYRIAD OF VIBRANT PANELS GIVES THE ILLUSION OF STAINED GLASS, FILL THE ATRIUM'S NINETY-SIX WINDOWS, AND WEAVE A STORY OF WOMEN WHO LABORED TO BUILD THE COMMUNITIES THAT FORM THE SPINE OF MODERN SOCIETY. ALL VISITORS TO THE MUSEUM MAY SEE THIS WORK OF ART FOR FREE. TO CELEBRATE MINT MUSEUM UPTOWN'S 10TH ANNIVERSARY, IN VIVID COLOR: PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES OF PERCEPTION IN CONTEMPORARY ART BROUGHT TOGETHER FOUR INNOVATIVE CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS WHO CREATED WORKS TO CELEBRATE THE POWER OF COLOR AND ITS TRANSFORMATIVE ABILITY TO PERMEATE THE SPACE AROUND US. THEIR WORK WAS JUXTAPOSED WITH A SELECTION OF PAINTINGS AND WORKS ON PAPER DRAWN PRIMARILY FROM THE MINT'S PERMANENT COLLECTION THAT STUDY ARTISTS' EXPLORATION OF COLOR IN MORE TRADITIONAL WAYS. THE EXHIBITION USED COLOR AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO INVESTIGATE HOW PEOPLE PERCEIVE A NON-FIXED REALITY: THE EVER-SHIFTING ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH WE MUST DISCERN THE REAL FROM THE ILLUSIONARY.W|ALLS: DEFEND, DIVIDE AND THE DIVINE OPENED IN FEBRUARY 2021 WHICH EXAMINED THE HISTORIC USE AND ARTISTIC TREATMENT OF WALLS OVER THE CENTURIESWHETHER THEY ARE MADE OF STONE, STEEL, SAND, OR WIRE. THE EXHIBITION BROUGHT TOGETHER SIXTY-SEVEN MAKERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD WITH 132 IMAGES, THE EARLIEST FROM 1897 AND THE MOST RECENT FROM JULY 2019. FURTHERMORE, THE EXHIBITION EXPLORED THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF WALLSARTISTIC, SOCIAL, POLITICAL, AND HISTORICAL, AS WELL AS HOW THERE ARE LITERAL WALLS OR BARRIERS, SUCH AS FENCES OR SAND BERMS. 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