National Gallery of Art

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A statue of Apollo, cradling Greek mythology as it reaches a hand toward the light, greets the visitor. This sculpture suggests that the spirit of antiquity still wraps around the walls of this building. In the spacious galleries, sculpture and painting turn toward one another as if carrying on a quiet conversation. Art as seen through Andrew Mellon's eyes is fixed in place here, still drawing interest even as time passes. The visitor feels as though following the flow of art along the path of his gaze.