The DIA’s Collection Crossword features clues that are answered by picking out details from a work of art from our collection.

Week 14
To solve this week’s puzzle, you’ll have to look closely at Ancestral Screen by an unknown Ijo artist. Recommended for ages 16 and up.

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Week 13
To solve this week’s puzzle, you’ll have to look closely at Jan van Kessel the Elder’s Water. Recommended for ages 8 and up.

First Collection
Week 1
- Look closely at Robert S. Duncanson’s Ellen’s Isle, Loch Katrine. Recommended for ages 16 and up.
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Week 2
- Look closely at Mushhushshu-dragon, Symbol of the God Marduk. Recommended for ages 8 and up.
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Week 3
- Look closely at Olówè of Isè’s Palace Door. Recommended for ages 16 and up.
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Week 4
- Look closely at Vincent van Gogh’s Bank of the Oise at Auvers. Recommended for ages 8 and up.
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Second Collection
Week 5
- Look closely at Ik-Joong Kang’s Happy World - Scattered Crumbs. Recommended for ages 16 and up.
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Week 6
- Look closely at Rachel Ruysch's Flowers in a Glass Vase. Recommended for ages 8 and up.
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Week 7
- Look closely at John Haberle’s Grandma's Hearthstone. Recommended for ages 16 and up.
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Week 8
- Look closely at Joshua Reynolds’ The Cottagers. Recommended for ages 8 and up.
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Third Collection
Week 9
- To solve this week’s puzzle, you’ll have to look closely at Funerary Stele for Pa-Amun before the Gods, Ptah, Bast and Amun by an unknown Egyptian artist. Recommended for ages 16 and up.
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Week 10
- To solve this week’s puzzle, you’ll have to look closely at Hale Woodruff’s The Art of the Negro: Artists (Study). Recommended for ages 16 and up.
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Week 11
- To solve this week’s puzzle, you’ll have to look closely at Henry Ossawa Tanner’s Flight into Egypt. Recommended for ages 8 and up.
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Week 12
- To solve this week’s puzzle, you’ll have to look closely at Section of a Tile Panel by unknown Iranian artists. Recommended for ages 8 and up.
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