Opening Celebration: Light from the East

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Member Exclusive Event Register Join fellow museum members, museum staff, and guests from the Encountering the Sacred Image Symposium to celebrate the opening of Light from the East: Masterpieces from the Ikonen-Museum Recklinghausen. Encounter the artistic power and spiritual depth of Greek and Russian icon painters adapting to the rise and fall of empires. On view for the first time in the United States, Light from the East showcases highlights from the largest and most important collection of old Orthodox Icons in Western Europe, Ikonen-Museum Recklinghausen. Following the twin branches of Greek and Russian icon painting from the Fall of Constantinople in 1453 to the outbreak of the Russian Revolution in 1917, this special showing offers visitors an exceptional opportunity to encounter the devotional power and psychological weight of the holy icon. Members may invite one additional guest to this event. Not a member? Join now to attend. Members receive free general admission, discounted tickets to programs, invitations to special events, and much more.

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