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| | Wadsworth Atheneum, 600 Main St., Hartford, CT, (860) 278-2670. Among the 50,000 pieces in the permanent collection are Mediterranean antiquities; Renaissance and Baroque masterpieces; European paintings from the 16th and 17th centuries; American decorative arts, featuring the Wallace Nutting Collection of Pilgrim Furniture; and the Amistad Foundation's African-American Collection. Open Tues. through Sun. from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission $7, $5 for students and seniors, $3 for children 6 through 17, free for children under 6. Free for all on Thurs.
http://www.wadsworthatheneum.org.
Through Sept. 2, "Fiona Tan/MATRIX 144," an installation featuring recent video works.
Through Sept. 16, "The Forbidden Stitch: Chinese Embroidery."
Through Oct. 7, "Snap! Photography from the Collections."
Through Nov. 18, "Simple Forms for Modern Life: Shaker Furniture from the Mary Grace Carpenter Collection."
June 9 through Sept. 23, "Picasso: The Artist's Studio," Picasso's paintings of his studio.
June 16 through Jan. 20, "Flagging Freedom," the last in a four-part series exploring the changing definitions of freedom throughout the history of African-Americans.
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