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Women of Pleasure
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January 18-April 4, 2008
Opening Reception
Friday, January 18, 5:00 to 8:00
The Kinsey Institute Gallery
Women of Pleasure examined the depiction of women in 18th and 19th century European erotic art and literature, using paintings, engravings, etchings, photographs, artifacts, books, and other materials from the Institute's collections.
Dana Rabin, Ph.D., a historian from the University of Illinois, presented a lecture titled "The Sorceress, the Servant, and the Stays: Sexuality, Race, and Politics in Eighteenth-Century Britain, " on Friday, February 22, 2008. Following the lecture, the curator of the exhibit gave a brief talk in the gallery (2nd floor, Morrison Hall). This event was offered as part of ArtsWeek 2008.
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William Hogarth
Before, 1736
Engraving
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iGuy (HeLovesMeHeLovesMeNot.com)
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January 8-15, 2008
Opening Reception
Friday, January 11, 5:00 to 8:00
The Kinsey Institute Gallery
The Kinsey Institute Gallery presents a short-term exhibition by artist Robb
Stone. iGuy (HeLovesMeHeLovesMeNot.com) features a collection of photo and text-based
collage that explore the erotic world of online social networking. All artworks were made
specifically for this show and include actual images from websites such as Manhunt and Craigslist,
where gay men can post profiles and look for potential partners. Stone describes his experience of
sex in the age of the Internet, raising questions about self-objectification, wish-fulfillment, and
the implications for love. The artist gave a short gallery talk at 6:00 pm during the opening
reception on Friday, January 11.
A panel discussion titled Virtual Connections: Sexuality and Relationships Online was held on Friday, January 11, in Morrison Hall 007 in conjunction with the opening of iGuy (HeLovesMeHeLovesMeNot.com), an art exhibit by Robb Stone on the erotic world of online social networking.
Panelists were Indiana University professors Michael Reece (Director, Center for Sexual Health Promotion), Brian Dodge (Associate Director, Center for Sexual Health Promotion), and Bryant Paul (Department of Telecommunications). Videos from this panel discussion are available for viewing online: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
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Kinsey Confidential
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August 27 - December 21, 2007
Inspired by the Kinsey Institute's syndicated newspaper column titled " The Kinsey Confidential," this exhibit in the Kinsey Institute Gallery looks at commonly asked questions about sexual health and behavior. Questions are answered and illustrated using artworks, photographs, objects, and print materials from the Institute's extensive art and library collections.
Featured items range from 19th century fine art and photographs to thought-provoking works by contemporary artists, including Deena des Rioux, Betsy Stirratt, Judy Dater, Michael Rosen, Belle Wether, Naomi Harris, Carolyn Weltman, Gene Greger, Angela Hunt, J.D. Talasek, Molly Springfield, Joe De Hoyos, Bradley Wicklund, and Candace Nicol.
(right) Gene Greger, V, 2007.
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The Kinsey Institute 2nd Annual Juried Erotic Art Show 2007
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April 13 - July 20, 2007
The KI Juried Erotic Art Show 2007, on view from April 13 - July 20 in The Kinsey Institute Gallery, is the second in what is planned as an annual Kinsey Institute competition and art exhibit. This year's show features 80 works of exciting contemporary art in a wide range of media - photographs, collages, paintings, prints, drawings, sculptures and textile art.
Artworks were selected by juror Karen Baldner, an exhibiting artist and faculty member at the Herron School of Art and Design in Indianapolis. Karen has shown her work extensively throughout the United States and Europe, and is a member of Soho20 Chelsea Gallery in New York City.
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Queer Projections
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January 22-April 6, 2007
The Kinsey Institute presents Queer Projections, a celebration of the contributions of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender individuals to the film industry, both in front of and behind the camera. The exhibition also explores the representation of GLBT characters in Hollywood and independent films. Assembled by guest curator Dr. Brian J. Woodman, the exhibit features a variety of film posters, photographs, movie stills, and other cinema-related ephemera.
Queer Projections will open in conjunction with the annual PRIDE Film Festival, held from January 25 through 27 at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater in downtown Bloomington. A small exhibit of film materials from the Institute's collection will be on display at the theater during the month of January.
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Expressive Bodies: Contemporary Art Photography from The Kinsey Institute
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January 9-27, 2007
Opening Reception
Friday, January 12, 7:00-9:00 PM
Exhibited at the Indiana University School of Fine Arts (SoFA) Gallery, Bloomington, Indiana.
View the online exhibit »
Expressive Bodies surveys the use of the photographic medium by contemporary artists to express ideas about sexuality and gender, or to explore the visual impact of the human figure. This exhibition featured photographs by established artists such as Laura Aguilar, Erwin Olaf, Pierre et Gilles, Joel-Peter Witkin, Herb Ritts, Arthur Tress, Michael Macku, Ivan Pinkava, Mariette Pathy Allen, and Frank Yamrus, as well as talented photographers at the start of their artistic careers.
(top) Herb Ritts, Tony and Mimi I, 1987.
(middle) Mariette Pathy Allen, Brandon Teena Should Have Been Here, Gay Pride Parade, 1995.
(bottom) Laura Hartford, Untitled, 2001/2002.
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Sex Objects
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August 1 - December 22, 2006
An exhibition of sculpture and other three-dimensional items from the Kinsey Institute collection.
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The Kinsey Institute Juried Erotic Art Show |
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April 14 - June 30, 2006
The contemporary artworks featured in the exhibition were selected by Betsy Stirratt, an exhibiting artist and director of the School of Fine Arts Gallery at Indiana University. The multi-media show features photography, sculpture, painting, textiles, and wearable art submitted by artists from across the United States. This year's exhibition is the first in what is planned as an annual competition and art exhibit.
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Sex in the Cinema |
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January 17 - April 7, 2006
This exhibition uses posters, press kits, photographs, and other materials to examine the use of sex as a marketing tool by Hollywood studios and independent film companies. Selected posters represent a number of genres, from the exploitation pictures of the 1930s through the first mainstream X-rated films of the 1970s.
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Passionate Creatures: Animal Imagery in Art |
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August 22 - December 23, 2005
Animals have inspired artists since the first cave painters set to work, and animal imagery is common in the erotic art of many cultures. Numerous examples are found in the paintings, prints, drawings, sculptures, photographs, and artifacts in The Kinsey Institute's renowned research collection. Real and mythological creatures are represented in this exhibition of objects and artwork spanning more than two thousand years of cultural history.
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Michel Fingesten (1884-1943), German
Bakonyi Kato--Ex Libris (bookplate), 1922
Etching
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IdentitySexualityGender: Contemporary Art from the Collection of Thomas Robertello |
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April 15 - August 5, 2005
This loan exhibition gives visitors the opportunity to view an exciting collection of recent work by an international group of artists, including Amy Cutler, Peregrine Honig, Robert Horvath, Nikki S. Lee, Conor McGrady, Kim Murak, Sergei Pachomow, Ed Paschke, and Anne Wilson.
(right) Amy Cutler. Arrangement, 2002. Flashe and Casein on wood. 41 x 29 inches. Courtesy Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects, NY.
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Out of Russia: The Art of Chagall, Tchelitchew, and Avinoff |
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February 16 - April 11, 2005
Artworks by three Russian émigrés--Marc Chagall, Pavel Tchelitchew, and Andrey Avinoff--is the focus of this exhibit. Also on view is an original portrait of Alfred Kinsey by Boris Artzybasheff, produced for the cover of TIME magazine in 1953.
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Sex Ed |
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October 20, 2005 - February 11, 2006
This exhibit looked at the dissemination of information about sex, reproduction, and health over the past several centuries. Materials on display included film posters, fetal development models, novelty condoms, birth control devices from previous eras including an 18th century condom, educational films, fertility statues, Japanese pillow books, and copies of the Kama Sutra, marriage manuals, and other sexual education materials.
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Sex in America: Art & Artifacts from the Kinsey Institute Collection, 1900-1968 |
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July 1 - October 15, 2005
This exhibit featured photographs, prints, drawings, and watercolors by American artists, including Thomas Hart Benton, Paul Cadmus, Maynard Dixon, Harry Engle, Jared French, Rockwell Kent, Douglas Kirkland, George Platt Lynes, Irving Penn, and Clara Tice. Also on display were movie posters, cartoons, and a variety of artifacts and novelty items.
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Eroticism and Music |
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February 6 - March 2, 2004
The Kinsey Institute art gallery featured a selection of artwork illustrating the connection between eroticism and music. The exhibit included engravings, lithographs, etchings, and photographs from the 19th and 20th centuries.
(right) Michel Fingesten (1884-1943), Germany. Ex Musicis, 1933, Bookplate
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George Balanchine and his Dancers: The Ballet Photographs of George Platt Lynes |
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January 28 - February 8, 2003
An exhibition of photographs from The Kinsey Institute's important collection of work by the 20th century American photographer George Platt Lynes. Images include portraits of George Balanchine, the Russian-born choreographer who co-founded the New York City Ballet, and the dancers with whom he worked.
(right) George Platt Lynes (1907-1955), United States. André Eglevsky, 1943. Gelatin silver print. Copyright ©2003 by the Estate of George Platt Lynes. All rights reserved.
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Exhibits Featuring The Kinsey Institute Collection
Listing of Past Exhibitions Featuring The Kinsey Institute Collection
The Art of Sex: Selections from The Kinsey Institute, 2005
The Allure of Clothing: Function, Fantasy, Fetish, Fashion, 2004-2005
Sex among the Lotus: 2500 years of Chinese Erotic Obsession, 2004-2005
"Phantom der Lust" or "Phantom of Desire: Visions of Masochism in Art", 2003
George Balanchine and his Dancers: The Ballet Photographs of George Platt Lynes
Feminine Persuasion, 2003
"Oh! Dr. Kinsey:" Media Reaction to the Kinsey Report on Women Exhibition, 2003
NYC Sex: How New York City Transformed Sex in America, 2002
Sex and Humor: Selections from The Kinsey Institute, 2002
The Power of Seduction, 2001-2002
Sex--Facts and Fantasies, 2001-2002
Interwoven Lives: George Platt Lynes and his friends, 2001
The American Century, 1999
Watching from the Wings: Warhol and Dance, 1999
The Kiss: Selections from The Kinsey Institute, 1998
Sigmund Freud: Conflict and Culture, 1998-1999
Invisible Light: Photography and Classification, 1997-1999
The Art of Desire: Erotic Treasures from The Kinsey Institute, 1997
Goodbye to Berlin: 100 Years of Gay Liberation, 1997
Rrose Is a Rrose Is a Rrose: Gender Performance in Photography, 1997
Gender Affects, 1996
The Erotic Art of Ukiyo-e: Selections from the Collection, 1995
George Platt Lynes Exhibition,1993-1994
Selections from the Collections, 1991
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Art of Sex: Selections from The Kinsey Institute |
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May 17 - May 19, 2005
This exhibition features more than thirty artworks collected during Alfred Kinsey's lifetime, as well as books, letters and written materials documenting Kinsey's life and work.
Exhibited at: The Gallery, 8920 Melrose Avenue, West Hollywood, CA
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The Allure of Clothing: Function, Fantasy, Fetish, Fashion |
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September 10, 2004 - December 23, 2005
This exhibition was the exciting result of a collaboration between three Indiana University institutions--the Mathers Museum, the Elizabeth Sage Historic Costume Collection, and The Kinsey Institute. (Exhibited at the Mathers Museum of World Cultures on the Bloomington campus.)
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Sex Among the Lotus: 2500 years of Chinese Erotic Obsession |
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March 18, 2004 - January 30, 2005
"An intimate glimpse into the most private conduct of Chinese society, past and present," features selections from the Institute's collection of Chinese art, books and artifacts. John Vollmer is curator, and Kinsey Institute Librarian Liana Zhou serves as curatorial consultant.
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SexFacts and Fantasies
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The
Deutsches Hygiene-Museum's
comprehensive look at fact and fantasy, science and art. The history
of sex research is represented by Kinsey and his colleagues with
images from the Institute collections. The show runs November, 2001
through August, 2002. |
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Interwoven Lives: Geroge Platt Lynes and his friends
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The
photograph of Alfred Kinsey by George Platt Lynes is part of an
exhibition at the DC Moore Gallery in New York. The show, titled
"Interwoven Lives: George Platt Lynes and his friends," featured
works by Lynes, Paul Cadmus, Pavel Tchelitchew, George Tooker and
other artists active in New York in the 1930s and 1940s.
Sept. 6 through Sept. 29, 2001 |
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The American Century
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The
American Century exhibit is the largest display mounted to date
at the Gerald R. Ford Museum,
Grand Rapids, Michigan, April 10 - October 17, 1999, with over 500
artifacts, documents, photographs, paintings and costumes from the
20th century. The Kinsey Institute loaned a page from the original
manuscript of Sexual Behavior in the Human Female and a photo
of Dr. Kinsey editing the galley proofs. Other artifacts included
Charles Lindbergh's flight suit, Houdini's handcuffs, and a NASA
lunar lander. |
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Watching from the Wings: Warhol and Dance
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An exhibition
at The Andy Warhol Museum,
Pittsburgh, PA, February 28 - May 23, 1999.
The
Watching from the Wings exhibition features the work of Andy
Warhol as well as 14 George Platt Lynes photographs on loan from
The Kinsey Institute. These photographs of New York City Ballet
dancers from the 1930's, 40's, and 50's were part of Lynes' commercial
output, and explore the sensuality expressed through dance.
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The Kiss: Selections from The Kinsey Institute
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A public exhibition
at the Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts (SoFA) Gallery,
Indiana University, Bloomington, October 23-November 24, 1998.
The Kiss Exhibition traces the representation of the kiss in the
19th and the 20th centuries. Spanning a variety of cultures, it
includes more than 50 film stills, watercolors, woodblock prints,
and amateur and professional photographs. This exhibit was chosen
to complement the "Bodily Aesthetics and the Kiss" panel
presentation at the American Society of Aesthetics conference
at IU in November. It is being produced with support of the Institute,
the Friends of The Kinsey Institute, and the Henry Radford Hope
School of Fine Arts.
View images from The Kiss at the SoFA
Gallery's web site.
A 24 page catalog
featuring 12 images from the exhibition is available for purchase.
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Sigmund Freud: Conflict and Culture

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tracing the influence of Freud and psychoanalysis on 20th century
culture, October 15, 1998 - January 16, 1999, at the Library of
Congress, Washington, D.C., the Jewish Museum in New York, and international
venues. From its archives, The Kinsey Institute loaned the exhibition
a manuscript letter (page
one and page
two) by Freud in 1935 to an American mother concerned about
how to respond to her son's homosexuality. The letter was displayed
in SECTION TWO, The Individual: Therapy and Theory. |
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In Visible Light: Photography & Classification in
Art, Science, and the Everyday
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An exhibition
at the Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, England, March 16 -July 6,
1997, sponsored by Oxford University Press. This photograph of
an "Atlas" figure is one of eight photographs from The Kinsey
Institute on display. Taxonomy, the science of classification,
is the core theme of the exhibition, which ranges from the 19th
century to the present.
Additional venues for the exhibition were:
Inverleith House, Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh
December 13, 1997 - Mid-February 1998
Finnish Museum
of Photography, Helsinki
March 1 - May 31, 1998
Museum Villa Stuck, Munich
June 24 - September 20, 1998
Moderna Museet, Stockholm
October 10, 1998 - January 10, 1999
Curator: Russell Roberts
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The Art of Desire: Erotic Treasures from The
Kinsey Institute
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A
public
exhibition at the Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts (SoFA)
Gallery, Indiana University, October 24 - December 5, 1997.
The exhibition presented the first comprehensive survey of The Kinsey
Institute's art and photography collections, and was part of the
Institute's 50th anniversary
celebration. More than 200 items, ranging from ancient Egyptian,
pre-Columbian, and Roman objects to nineteenth-century graphic arts
to contemporary photography, are on display. The exhibition features
works by well-known artists, including Rembrandt and Picasso, as
well as those by anonymous artisans and amateurs. From exquisite
Japanese porcelain pieces to fairground souvenirs, the objects in
the exhibition attest to the power and pervasiveness of the expression
of human sexual desire.
A catalog featuring 50
images from the exhibition is available for purchase. See also "
The Art of Desire" in the September 1997 issue of Indiana University's
online publication, Research and Creative Activity.
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Goodbye to Berlin? 100 Years of Gay Liberation
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Eight
photographs from The Kinsey Institute's collections were on display
at this exhibition, held May 17 - August 17, 1997 at the Akademie
der Künste, Berlin. The exhibition was sponsored by Schwules
Museum. |
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Rrose is a Rrose: Gender Performance in Photography
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This
exhibition, to which The Kinsey Institute contributed this untitled
work by George Platt Lynes, examines the way in which gender identity
is theatrically constructed in photography. The two venues for the
exhibition were:
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
February 7 - May 12, 1997
Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA
September 17 - November 30, 1997 |
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Gender Affects
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An
exhibition at the Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts (SOFA)
Gallery, Indiana University, February 9 - March 8, 1996, of photographs
and artifacts from The Kinsey Institute's collections, and works
of Mariette Pathy Allen, Janine Antoni, Jan Ballard, Dorit Cypis,
Jerome Dunning, Graham Durward, Rachel Lachowicz, Michael Rosen,
and Annie Sprinkle. |
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The Erotic Art of Ukiyo-e: Selections from the Collection
of The Kinsey Institute
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An
exhibition held at the Indiana University Art Museum, August 17
- 20, 1995, in conjunction with Sexuality and Edo Culture, 1750
- 1850, an international conference sponsored by the East Asian
Studies Center, Indiana University.
The conference proceedings, Imaging/Reading
Eros (1996) can be ordered from the East Asian Studies Center. |
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George Platt Lynes Exhibition
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An
exhibition of 130 of Lynes' original vintage gelatin silver prints
at the following venues:
The Grey Art
Gallery and Study Center, New York University, New York
September 13, 1993 - October 31, 1993
Centro per l'Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato (Florence), Italy
Spring 1994
Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts Gallery, Indiana University-
Bloomington
Fall 1994
The exhibition of photographs from The Kinsey Institute was accompanied
by the publication of George Platt Lynes: Photographs from The
Kinsey Institute, by James Crump (Little, Brown, 1993). |
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Selections from the Collections of The Kinsey
Institute
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A
private exhibition of twenty-seven works from the art and artifact
collections, held at The Kinsey Institute, November 29, 1990 - May
30, 1991. Works were presented in two categories: European and American
Art, 1800-1965, and Art of Oceanic, African, and Pre-Columbian Cultures.
The Institute also published an accompanying exhibition
catalog. |
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