Uploaded December 2019 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago

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Since Iowa's floods of 2008, more than 2 million museumgoers around the globe have viewed Mural, Jackson Pollock's midcentury masterpiece. Transporting the University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art's crown jewel, however, has been nothing short of a monumental task. As construction begins on a permanent home for the painting, here's how the University of Iowa has orchestrated its unprecedented world tour.