The Bellagio Resort & Casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada has two seasonally-rotating attractions. I checked out “The Birds and The B’s” at the Conservatory and Botanical Gardens a few days ago, so it seemed reasonable to also visit the Gallery of Fine Art as well.

I’ve known that this art gallery existed for a while now, but this was my first time going. As a Las Vegas resident, I got a locals discount and purchased an admission ticket for US$15.00 (the non-discounted ticket price is US$19.00).

The gallery was a lot smaller than I expected, and it took me less than an hour to see everything, even with reading every plaque. It was a very calming and peaceful experience, though, which I found very pleasant—there were not many other patrons in the museum, and the room was humidity-controlled, which felt refreshing relative to the dry Las Vegas air.

Until summer of this year, the collection on display is called “American Duet: Jazz & Abstract Art.” Some artists are apparently able to see colors in music, and the gallery showcased some pieces of abstract art that were inspired by and sourced from jazz music.

One thing that I noticed from these exhibits that I liked is how three-dimensional the art was. Other art museums tend to have a lot of prints or paintings on flat canvas, but this collection at the Bellagio had a lot of pieces with enough depth and layers that I was able to manipulate the angle at which I viewed the piece, combined with different light trajectories, to see a lot more from the art than what you’d be able to gather from just a head-on view of a print.

Here are some photographs I took throughout the gallery: