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Colby College Senior Art Exhibition 2026 Opening Reception

Art Break: The Twenty-Four Solar Terms: Vernal Equinox by Xiaoyang Cao

A vertical, monochromatic ink painting in a traditional Chinese style depicts a majestic, misty mountain landscape. Jagged peaks and cliffs emerge from swirling, atmospheric fog, with dark, heavily textured areas suggesting dense forests of pine trees clinging to the slopes, particularly in the lower half and center. The upper portion of the painting is dominated by dark rock forms dissolving into the white mist. The technique uses varying degrees of ink wash, ranging from pale gray to deep black, to create a strong sense of depth, light, and movement of the clouds.

Lunder Institute @ Yale Center for British Art

A four-story rectangular building featuring a modular grid of matte pewter-finished stainless steel panels and reflective glass windows. The concrete frame is exposed at the ground level to create an open pedestrian colonnade at a city street corner.

Theories and Methods of Art History: Research Symposium and Reception

This image shows a painting of two identical-looking men sitting in yellow folding chairs, positioned in front of two large windows. The men are mirror images of each other, both wearing brownish-red short-sleeved shirts and light-colored trousers. They sit with their legs crossed and one arm resting on the back of their chair. The background is a simple, muted brown wall with two large, rectangular windows that look out onto a pale, indistinct space. The painting has a loose, expressive style with visible brushstrokes and a limited color palette of earth tones, yellow, and white.

Lunder Institute @ Yale Center for British Art

A four-story rectangular building featuring a modular grid of matte pewter-finished stainless steel panels and reflective glass windows. The concrete frame is exposed at the ground level to create an open pedestrian colonnade at a city street corner.

Lunder Institute @ Tate Britain

A grand Neoclassical facade featuring a deep portico with eight Corinthian columns supporting a triangular pediment. A central dome is topped with a statue of Britannia, and a wide flight of stone stairs leads to the entrance. Two vertical pink banners hang between the columns.

Lunder Institute @ Royal Academy of Arts

A symmetrical, three-story Neo-Palladian stone building with a rusticated ground floor supporting a piano nobile with Corinthian pilasters and arched niches containing figurative sculptures. A central flagpole with a British flag tops the balustraded roofline, overlooking a paved courtyard.

Summer Luncheon

An event graphic with a turquoise background and a large yellow graphic of kelp in the center. Bold, black sans-serif text reads: "Colby College Museum of Art," with a line underneath; "Summer Luncheon," with two lines underneath; and "July 11, 2026," with a line underneath.

Community Day!

Graphic poster for Community Day at the Colby College Museum of Art. Against a background of pale blue and green undulating lines, a central white rectangle contains the event details and a graphic composed of two thick, wavy bands of mint and slate-blue stripes. The words "COMMUNITY DAY" are layered over the blue band. Text at the top and bottom specifies the date as Saturday, July 25, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., noting the event is "Free & Open to All."

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