Rising majestically with a near-perfect cone shape, Mount Fuji has been a favorite subject of Japanese artists from the earliest times. Mount Fuji was a daily presence in the lives of the citizens of the shogun’s capital of Edo, and it was also visible from many portions of the eastern portion of the great Tōkaidō Highway that linked Edo with the ancient capital of Kyoto.

This exhibition features 18 of the prints that make up Utagawa Hiroshige’s Thirty-Six Views of Mt. Fuji. The series was completed just before his death and published the following year.

Gain further insight into 17th century Spain and its colonies as a docent guides you through the special exhibition, Sacred Spain: Art & Belief in the Spanish World.

Special Exhibition Tours
Tuesday and Wednesday 3:00 pm
Thursday and Friday 3:00 pm and 7:00 pm
Saturday and Sunday 1:00 pm and 3:00 pm

To view a schedule of Spanish language tours of Sacred Spain, click here.

This one-evening film series explores identity through spirituality in the films of Spanish director Luis Buñuel, perhaps best-known for his Surrealist explorations with artist Salvador Dalí. Buñuel’s mid-career films presented here grapple with his ambivalence toward religion, a theme that would preoccupy much of his career.

Screen Zenith features award-winning films by emerging directors across the globe.

Carl J. Weinhardt Memorial Lecture

Travel through a fascinating chapter of world music history with a concert that explores the influence of Spanish composers on music composed and performed in Europe and the Americas. Inspired by the Sacred Spain exhibition, the Scott Chamber Players (Lisa Scott, violin; Beverly Scott, viola; Perry Scott, cello; Sylvia Patterson-Scott, piano) interpret the sacred and secular music of Spain and its reciprocal manifestations on both sides of the Atlantic, featuring compositions by “the Guerreros” (16th-c.

Hundreds of flickering luminaria in the gardens transform the landscape of Oldfields into a winter wonderland. Warm up inside a Country Place-era home--Christmas at Lilly House features holiday décor from the 1930s and ’40s. Enjoy a hot beverage and pause to hear live seasonal music. At the Madeline F. Elder Greenhouse, shop for a special gift in a festive atmosphere complete with live music.

Take advantage of a free hour-long session explaining how to use the reference library to research art and objects in your own collection. On Tuesday, December 1, Alba Fernández-Keys, Reference Librarian, explains how to use art bibliographies, online resources, and other reference materials. For security reasons, attendees are asked not to bring their art objects into the Museum.

The Alliance Studio Tours visit Indiana artists who work within a variety of media including jewelry, glass-blowing, furniture/woodworking, contemporary, traditional, plein-air, and portrait painting.

Touch of Evil (dir. O. Welles, 1958, USA, 112 mins., PG-13)