Current Exhibitions

	Religion, Ritual, and Performance in the Renaissance Stern Gallery August 28, 2012 through June 30, 2013 This exhibition includes over 30 works—sacred and secular, from both Northern and Southern Europe, and dating from the late 13th–early 17th centuries—on loan from the Yale University Art Gallery. These works are hung alongside stellar examples of Renaissance art from the AMAM permanent collection. The exhibition is made possible by generous funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, as part of a collection-sharing initiative.
	Religion, Ritual, and Performance in Modern and Contemporary Art Ellen Johnson Gallery August 28, 2012 through May 26, 2013 This exhibition highlights this year’s themes of religion, ritual and performance with modern and contemporary works from the AMAM collection.
	Representing the Word: Modern Book Illustrations Ripin Print Gallery February 5 through July 31, 2013 This exhibition features 19th-20th century works from the AMAM collection designed by artists to illustrate texts such as William Blake’s Book of Job, Edouard Manet’s The Raven, Claire Leighton’s Wuthering Heights, and Oskar Kokoschka’s King Lear.
	Private Prayer, Public Performance: Religious Books from the Later Middle Ages and Renaissance Ripin Print Gallery February 5 through July 31, 2013 This exhibition showcases a large selection of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts and leaves from the AMAM, as well as works from Oberlin College Library’s Special Collections.
	Illuminating Faith in the Russian Old Believer Tradition Ripin Print Gallery February 5 through July 31, 2013 This exhibition draws on the holdings of the AMAM and Oberlin College’s Special Collections to present late-18th- to early-19th-century illuminated manuscript leaves of the Russian Old Believers, an extant Christian faction that separated from the Russian Orthodox Church in the middle of the 17th century.
	Beyond the Surface: Text and Image in Islamic Art Ripin Print Gallery September 6 through July 31, 2013 Featuring Islamic textual works and manuscript leaves from the AMAM, as well as generous loans from Oberlin College Library's Special Collections.
	Ritual and Performance in the Yorùbá World West Ambulatory January 29 through July 31, 2013 The exhibition features art and instruments of ritual Yorùbá performance from Nigeria and the broader Yorùbá world.

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