The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art’s first presentation of Mesoamerican art in 40 years, Painted Worlds: Color and Culture in Mesoamerican Art explores the relationships between color, the cosmos, and creation — both divine and artistic — in the region comprising much of modern-day Mexico and Central America.
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