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Still from Shahzia Sikander's digital animation The Last Post (2010)

Smithsonian American Art Museum · Penn Quarter

Shahzia Sikander: The Last Post

Now showing3 July 2025 – 8 November 2026·Free

Una animación de diez minutos en la que un funcionario de la British East India Company se disuelve entre cambiantes miniaturas indopersas, con música de la compositora Du Yun, ganadora del premio Pulitzer.

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© 2025 Shahzia Sikander, courtesy the artist and Sean Kelly; Smithsonian American Art Museum (Courtesy of the museum)