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Road Closures: Gilbert Ave. & Art Museum Drive

Please access the museum through Mt. Adams from Martin Drive the morning of Sunday, May 5. The museum will not be accessible from Gilbert Avenue and Art Museum Drive due to the Flying Pig Marathon. We expect roads to open by early afternoon.

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The Legend of the Laughing Buddha

by By Lynne Pearson, Curatorial Assistant, East Asian Art

8/25/2021

Laughing Buddha, Seven Lucky Gods, Hotei, East Asian Art, Walter and Vanida Davison, Hou-Mei Sung, Enduring Beauty: East Asian Lacquer, Tsuchiya Gado, prints

Earlier this year, longtime donors Walter and Vanida Davison gifted the Art Museum this beautiful 20th century Japanese painting depicting the Buddhist deity Hotei from their family art collection. Who is Hotei?

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