Early Childhood Tours

Southern German, from the area of Augsburg, Close Helmet for the Foot Tourney, about 1590, steel (formerly blued) with etching and gilding, and brass, 31.8 × 22.9 × 34.3 cm (12 1/2 × 9 × 13 1/2 in.), 11 lb., 15 oz (weight), The John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection, 2014.1113. Image © 2021 Worcester Art Museum, all rights reserved.

Yoshioka Ichimonji Sukehide, Japanese, active ca. 1360, Wakizashi (Short Sword), Jūyo Token, Signed: Sukehide, 7th month, 18th year [of the Shōhei era], July 1363, Handmade and polished steel, 13 3/4 in. (35 cm), San Antonio Museum of Art, acquired in memory of Robert R. Clemons with funds realized from his estate, 2022.11.1

Ángel Rodríguez-Díaz, American, born Puerto Rico, 1955-2023, Yemayá, 1993, Oil on canvas, 84 × 68 in. (213.4 × 172.7 cm), San Antonio Museum of Art, purchased with The Brown Foundation Contemporary Art Acquisition Fund, 2023.1, © Estate of Ángel Rodríguez-Díaz, Image courtesy of Presa House Gallery 

teamLab, The World of Irreversible Change, 2022, Interactive Digital Work, 6 channels, Endless, Sound: teamLab © teamLab, courtesy Pace Gallery.

Ester Hernández, American, born 1944, La Ofrenda, 1988, Silkscreen print, Image: 33 1/4 × 23 1/4 in. (84.5 × 59.1 cm, Sheet: 30 3/4 × 25 in. (78.1 × 63.5 cm, San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Wight Art Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles, 91.62.8, © Ester Hernández

Amalia Mesa-Bains: Cihuateotl with Mirror in Private Landscapes and Public Territories, 1998-2011; mixed media installation including painted and mirrored armoire, found objects, moss, dried flowers, faux topiaries, family photographs, miniature jeweled trees, painted wooden hedges; 180 in. diameter; courtesy of the artist and Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco. Photo: Michael Karibian.