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The Mississippi Museum of Art is presenting New Symphony of Time, an ongoing exhibition of approximately 170 works drawn primarily from the Museum’s permanent collection that illuminates and expands the boundaries of Mississippi’s identity. Alex O’Neal, Self-mourning, Dying Dream Façade, 2017. Acrylic and collage on canvas, 36 x 35 in. Loan courtesy the artist.

Betty Press, Cakewalk, ca. 2010. archival pigment print, 18 x 18 in. Collection of the Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson. Gift of the artist, 2017.093.

Birney Imes, Oaklimb Baptism, ca. 1980. Gelatin silver print, 14 x 11 in. Collection of the Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson. Gift of the artist, 1982.047.

Elizabeth Catlett, The Embrace, 1990. Black marble, 32.5 x 9.75 x 9.25 in. Collection of the Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson. Purchased with funds from the Pascal Fund in memory of Dr. Gerald R. Pascal, 1992.016.

Ethel Wright Mohamed, A Shivaree-1776, 1978. Fiber, 30 x 30 in. Collection of the Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson. Gift of Emmanuel and Elaine Crystal. 2003.117.

Glenn Ligon, b. 1960, Condition Report, 2000. Iris prints with silkscreen ink on paper, 31.875 x 22.625 in. each. ed. 3/20. Collection of the Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson. Purchased with funds from the Rex T. Brown Fund, The Hederman Fund, The Franks Fund, and the Collectors Club Fund, 2018.010a-b. © Glenn Ligon.

Ivy Billiot, Possum Family, 1995. Painted wood and plastic, 7.875 x 10.75 x 8.25 in. Collection of the Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson. Gift of Warren and Sylvia Lowe, 1997.105.

Romare Bearden, The Train, 1975. Etching, 22 x 29.875. Collection of the Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson. Bequest of Sara Virginia Jones, 1991.214.

Walter Anderson (1903-1965), Horn Island, Fall. Watercolor on paper, 8.5 x 11 in. Collection of the Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson. Purchased by the Mississippi Art Association, 1967.008.

James “Son Ford” Thomas, Skull, 1987. Clay, teeth, and tin foil, 7 x 3.875 x 6.25 in. Collection of the Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson. Gift of Warren and Sylvia Lowe, 1993.022.

Eudora Welty, Old midwife (Ida M’Toy), Jackson, 1936 negative, contemporary print. 11.375 x 11 in. Collection of the Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson. Purchased with funds from the Mary Mhoon Endowment, 1981.250.

Deborah Luster, Untitled, Tekakwitha Jefferson, 1999. Gelatin silver print on aluminum, 5 x 4 in. Collection of the Mississippi Museum of Art. Purchased with funds from the Franks Fund, 2017.109.

Hystercine Rankin, Memory Quilt, 1994. Quilted fabric, with appliqué and embroidery, 88 x 82 in. Collection of the Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson. Purchased with funds from the Searcy Fund, 2006.101.

Felandus Thames, Then I went and I stood up on a high, high old lonesome hill, 2018. Hairbeads on coated wire attracted and aluminum rod, 97.25 x 48 in. Loan courtesy of the artist.

Jimmie Lee Suddeth, Dancing Woman, 1985-1986. Mixed media on wood, 16.5 x 13.375. Collection of the Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson. Gift of Ed McGowin and Claudia DeMonte, 2017.227.

Kay Holloway, Margaret Walker, ca. 1998, printed 2018. Archival print, 12 x 12 in. Collection of the Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson. Gift of Susan Shands Jones in memory of her parents, Janet Keith Shands and Dr. Wilburn Coupery Shands, 2018.100.

Radcliffe Bailey, Voyage of No Return, 2008. Mixed media shadowbox, 26 x 26 x 7 in. Collection of Myrna Colley-Lee.

Marie Hull, 1890-1980, High Horizon. Oil on canvas, 42 x 36 in. Collection of the Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson. Gift of Virginia McGehee Friend, 2006.059.

Sally Mann, Deep South, Untitled, Concrete Grave, 1998. Gelatin silver print, 52.5 x 43 in. Collection of the Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson. 2019.004.

Lyle Bongé, Untitled, from the Cosmos Series. Gelatin silver print, 6.5 x 9.75 in. Collection of the Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson. Gift of Dr. Shelley Brown, 1979.113.