August 22 - November 8, 2009

Buddhism is a religion to about 300 million people around the world. The word comes from the  term budhi, which means 'to awaken'. It has its origins about 2,500 years ago when Siddhartha Gautama was himself awakened (enlightened) at the age of 35 and became Buddha.

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Venice in the Age of Canaletto

October 8, 2009 - January 10, 2010

Venice in the Age of Canaletto will consider Canaletto in this Venetian context focusing upon the contrast between the artist’s paintings and the works of his contemporaries who were also active in the city.

Gothic Art in Gilded Age

December 9, 2009 - April 10, 2010

In 1927, Alva, long divorced from William Vanderbilt, asked the dealer Joseph Duveen to inspect her house, and in December of that year, he sold John Ringling nearly the entire contents of the Gothic Room.