On the other side is an awareness of profound conceptual differences between Western and non-Western art.

Rockefeller was a noted collector of both modern and non-Western art.

Additionally, there are small holdings of European and non-Western art for comparative purposes.

To this end, he took unfamiliar, non-Western art as models.

The museum's large collection includes ancient, medieval and non-Western art, but most exhibits are modern or contemporary.

Two small long-term installations drawn from the museum's permanent collection add to its impressive track record for exhibiting non-Western art.

He doesn't talk about images of flight in non-Western art, he says, since that isn't his field.

At the same time, anthropology and ethnography introduced non-Western art to a jaded public from the mid-19th century.

"Our ultimate aim is to give non-Western art its place."

Those reactions were contributing factors in the decision to focus this time on local and non-Western art.