[category]
[title]
Whether you consult the cards before every first date or couldn't tell The Fool from The Tower, the Morgan Library & Museum's new exhibition Tarot! Renaissance Symbols, Modern Visions offers a fascinating look at how a centuries-old card game became a cultural obsession. The sweeping exhibition traces tarot's origins in Renaissance Italy to its enduring influence on modern and contemporary art. Highlights include the first U.S. reunion of the famed 15th-century Visconti-Sforza deck—among the oldest surviving tarot cards—as well as works by artists including Leonora Carrington, Remedios Varo, Niki de Saint Phalle and Betye Saar. The show culminates with a new commission by celebrated artist Chris Ofili, proving that tarot's imagery remains as potent and inspiring as ever. Mystics, art lovers and the tarot-curious will all find something to divine here.