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museum exhibitions schedule Jun 18, 2025 visibility 15 link 4 artists, 1 gallery

audemars piguet contemporary aspen art museum adrian villar rojas

Audemars Piguet Contemporary (APC) and the Aspen Art Museum have co-commissioned a new sculpture by Argentinian artist Adrián Villar Rojas, titled (Untitled) The Language of the Enemy. The work will debut in November in the Jura Mountains, near APC's hometown in the Vallée de Joux, before traveling to the Aspen Art Museum for a multi-floor exhibition in 2026. The sculpture draws a parallel between paleontology and speculative memory, imagining that an encounter with fossilized dinosaur remains might have sparked the earliest act of art-making. APC curator Audrey Teichmann emphasized the organization's role in supporting the artist through inception, research, fabrication, and project management, as well as providing continuous support for a second exhibition and storage of the work between shows.

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article culture schedule Jun 18, 2025 visibility 21 link 11 artists, 1 gallery

7 artists playboy hugh hefner

Playboy founder Hugh Hefner died at age 91, and this article highlights seven visual artworks inspired by Hefner and his magazine empire. Featured artists include Andy Warhol, who designed a 1986 Playboy anniversary cover; Marisol Escobar, who created a 1966 sculpture of Hefner with two pipes; Sigmar Polke, whose 1966 painting 'Bunnies' uses benday dots to depict a Playboy Bunny; and Richard Hamilton, whose 1961 work 'Pin-up' references Playboy's centerfold. The list also includes Burt Glinn's photograph of Hefner at the Playboy Mansion, Simon Claridge's 2016 series of Playboy covers, and Richard Phillips's 2013 painting 'Playboy Marfa.'

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museum exhibitions schedule Jun 17, 2025 visibility 14 link 7 artists, 1 gallery

nicole wittenberg maison la roche

Nicole Wittenberg's new painting series "Ain't Misbehavin'" is on view at Maison La Roche in Paris through July 19, 2025. The exhibition, a collaboration between Massimo De Carlo and Fondation Le Corbusier, features large floral works that eliminate depth and press blossoms against the picture plane, creating a dialogue with Le Corbusier's purist modernist architecture. Wittenberg, a San Francisco-born artist who studied at the San Francisco Art Institute, has work in the collections of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Boston Museum of Fine Art, and the Albertina.

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article news schedule Jun 17, 2025 visibility 24 link 33 artists, 7 galleries

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This week's art industry roundup covers major developments across art fairs, auction houses, and galleries. Ahead of Art Basel in Basel, Artnet's Editor-in-Chief Naomi Rea investigates how the trade lost control of the pricing narrative amid a market breakdown. The Armory Show announces its 2025 edition with over 230 galleries and new curated sections, while Frieze will open a gallery space in Seoul. Sotheby's London will auction Pauline Karpidas's collection estimated at over $81 million, and a rare Rodin marble sold for $1.2 million. Caroline Lang steps down as chair of Sotheby's in Switzerland after four decades. Gallerist Kamel Mennour donates 180 works to Paris's Musée d'Art Moderne, and Marian Goodman Gallery now represents the estate of Ana Mendieta.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jun 12, 2025 visibility 14 link 2 artists, 3 galleries

art busan 2025

Art Busan wrapped its 14th edition on a high note, with over 100 galleries participating and a special exhibition titled “CONNECT” curated by Wonseok Koh under the theme Territories and Boundaries. The fair, part of Busan Art Week, saw strong engagement from international galleries such as Société (Berlin) and Canada (New York), with directors noting maturing visitors and serious local collectors. A new partnership with Tokyo Gendai will bring 10 Korean galleries to Japan this September, and the fair debuted a Future Art Award for emerging galleries.

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trending_up market schedule Jun 11, 2025 visibility 17 link 7 artists, 2 galleries

olga de amaral appraisal

Art advisor Naomi Baigell recalls that when she managed Prudential's corporate art collection in the late 1980s and 1990s, executives refused to hang textile works by Colombian-born artist Olga de Amaral, preferring abstract paintings instead. Now 93 and still working, Amaral is experiencing a major market and institutional renaissance: the Institute of Contemporary Art in Miami is hosting a solo show of her work (through October 12), her pieces are included in MoMA's "Woven Histories" exhibition, and she has been represented by Lisson Gallery since 2019. In 2025, her auction performance has been stellar, with a new record of $1.16 million set in May for *Imagen perdida 27* (1996) at Phillips New York, and total sales of $4.07 million as of June.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jun 11, 2025 visibility 20 link 15 artists, 1 gallery

lana del rey group show ppow

P·P·O·W gallery in New York has opened a group exhibition titled "Hope is a Dangerous Thing," running from June 6 to July 12, 2025. Curated by director Eden Deering, the show features artists including Robin F. Williams, Marianna Simnett, Kyle Dunn, Kayode Ojo, Raque Ford, and Diane Severin Nguyen, all united by their devotion to singer Lana Del Rey. The exhibition explores themes of art and artifice, sincerity and spectacle, with works that reference Del Rey's persona and millennial nostalgia, incorporating elements like AI, pop culture, and fast fashion.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jun 11, 2025 visibility 19 link 9 artists, 1 gallery

grace hartigan gift of attention exhibition nc museum of art

The article details the career of artist Grace Hartigan, who by 1954 had overcome self-doubt and gained critical and commercial success with her bold, figurative-abstraction paintings. It recounts her solo exhibitions at Tibor de Nagy, acquisitions by MoMA and the Whitney, and her defiance of critic Clement Greenberg. The piece then focuses on a new exhibition at the North Carolina Museum of Art, "Grace Hartigan: The Gift of Attention," curated by Jared Ledesma, which explores how her relationships with avant-garde poets like Frank O'Hara and Barbara Guest shaped her work and provided a sense of belonging in the downtown New York scene.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jun 11, 2025 visibility 16 link 21 artists, 1 gallery

the white room gallery east hampton

Kat O’Neill and Andrea McCafferty, founders of the White Room Gallery, moved their business from Bridgehampton to East Hampton in late 2023. The gallery, known for showcasing contemporary art from Pop icons like Andy Warhol to street artists like Banksy, has a busy exhibition calendar year-round, with summer being especially active. Ahead of peak season, O’Neill and McCafferty discussed upcoming shows including “La Femme,” “Every Picture Tells A Story,” and solo exhibits by Nelson De La Nuez and Russell Young, as well as the gallery’s integration into the East Hampton community.

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person people schedule Jun 10, 2025 visibility 17 link 6 artists, 3 galleries

laurie simmons and carroll dunham

Husband-and-wife artists Laurie Simmons and Carroll Dunham, who met in 1977 and married in 1983, are holding their first-ever concurrent solo shows in New York City. Dunham is exhibiting new paintings of naked men wrestling at Gladstone Gallery, while Simmons presents photographic portraits of women in body paint at Salon 94 and a revisitation of her ventriloquism dummy photographs from the 1990s at Mary Boone Gallery. In an interview with artnet News, the couple discusses their contrasting work habits—Dunham works steadily over long periods, while Simmons works in intense, episodic bursts—and how they have balanced their careers and family life, including raising daughters Lena Dunham and Grace Dunham.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jun 10, 2025 visibility 11 link 6 artists, 2 galleries

marley freeman karma

Marley Freeman is preparing for her new exhibition "no when" at Karma's Chelsea gallery, running through July 18, 2025. The article delves into her background as the daughter of a textile dealer, which deeply influences her abstract paintings made from gesso, acrylic, and oil. Freeman's career includes breakout shows with Karma in 2019 and 2022, and her works are held by LACMA, the Hammer Museum, and the Whitney Museum. She has collaborated with artists Lukas Geronimas and Jared Buckhiester, and her current show features collaborative pieces.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jun 10, 2025 visibility 21 link 7 artists, 2 galleries

modern korean art book exhibition

A new exhibition and book, "The Making of Modern Korean Art: The Letters of Kim Tschang-Yeul, Kim Whanki, Lee Ufan, and Park Seo-Bo, 1961-1982," at Tina Kim Gallery in New York presents the early correspondence and artworks of four pioneering Korean artists. The show, on view through June 21, features paintings by Lee Ufan, Kim Whanki, Park Seo-Bo, and Kim Tschang-Yeul, alongside letters that document their struggles and aspirations during the 1960s and '70s, before they gained international recognition. The accompanying book, published by Gregory R. Miller & Co. and Tina Kim Gallery, is edited by art historians Yeon Shim Chung and Doryun Chong.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jun 9, 2025 visibility 24 link 14 artists, 1 gallery

bona de mandiargues

The article profiles Bona de Mandiargues, an overlooked Italian Surrealist artist whose work is finally gaining international recognition. Her major debut occurred at the 2024 Venice Biennale, and her first U.K. solo show is now on view at Alison Jacques gallery in London through June 28. The exhibition focuses on her mature period (1975–1995), featuring dark, erotic, and occult-inspired collages and assemblages that challenge gender norms.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jun 6, 2025 visibility 16 link 6 artists, 3 galleries

do ho suh tate

Artist Do Ho Suh presents his first solo exhibition at London's Tate Modern in two decades, titled "The Genesis Exhibition: Do Ho Suh: Walk the House." The show features his signature translucent fabric architectural sculptures, including the newly created installation "Nest/s" (2024), a collection of 1:1 scale replicas of spaces where Suh has lived and worked across Seoul, New York, London, and Berlin. The exhibition explores themes of home, memory, and migration, drawing from Suh's own experiences moving from Seoul to New York and later London.

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person people schedule Jun 5, 2025 visibility 18 link 12 artists, 1 gallery

r h quaytman robert de niro sr award

Actor Robert De Niro announced that artist R.H. Quaytman has won the 2016 Robert De Niro Sr. Prize, awarded to a mid-career painter for excellence and innovation. Quaytman, represented by Gladstone Gallery and Miguel Abreu Gallery, is known for mixed-media works on wood panels that blend photography, printmaking, and technology, often organized into series called "chapters." She will receive a $25,000 prize at a ceremony in New York on December 14. The selection committee included curators from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Guggenheim Museum, and the Whitney Museum.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jun 4, 2025 visibility 18 link 4 artists, 2 galleries

chase hall

Artist Chase Hall discusses his new solo exhibition “Momma’s Baby, Daddy’s Maybe” at Galerie Eva Presenhuber in Vienna, which takes its title from a phrase his father told him in childhood. The show explores themes of race, mixed-race identity, fatherhood, and family dynamics, using coffee as a signature medium—Hall layers espresso on raw cotton canvas to create symbolic and formal depth. The exhibition follows his rise from photojournalism to a buzzy painting career, with works acquired by major institutions and auction records at Christie’s.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jun 4, 2025 visibility 24 link 10 artists, 4 galleries

5 artists gallery weekend beijing 2025

Gallery Weekend Beijing (GWBJ) returned for its ninth edition from May 22 to June 1, 2025, adopting a new invitation-only model that emphasizes curatorial integrity. The event expanded beyond the 798 Art District into neighboring areas including 751 district, Caochangdi, and the Beijing Free Trade Zone Art District. A committee of five gallerists selected participants, aligning with an inaugural 'Beijing Art Season' that also includes Beijing Dangdai and Art021 Beijing. The article spotlights five emerging local artists: Cheng Xinyi, Liao Wen, Guo Cheng, and others, highlighting their exhibitions and market traction.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jun 3, 2025 visibility 21 link 8 artists, 2 galleries

thaddeus mosley new york wood sculptures

Thaddeus Mosley, a 98-year-old sculptor based in Pittsburgh, creates monumental wood sculptures that weigh hundreds of pounds and rise high into the air. Working alone in a cavernous studio, he carves cherry and walnut using gouges, comparing his process to judo. Despite his long career spanning seven decades, Mosley remained largely unknown outside Pittsburgh until recently. He has now gained wider recognition following his inclusion in the 2018 Carnegie International, and his work is currently featured in a major exhibition at New York's City Hall Park, where he shows giant bronze versions of his wood creations.

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article news schedule Jun 2, 2025 visibility 23 link 11 artists, 6 galleries

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This week's art industry roundup covers major auction results, including Sotheby's $51.8 million sale of the Saunders Old Masters collection (a record for a single-owner sale in that category) and the $12.5 million sale of the Lalanne's 'Ostrich Bar' in Paris. The Breuer Building, purchased by Sotheby's in 2023, has been landmarked by New York City, preserving its interior during renovation by Herzog & de Meuron. Art Basel announced a new fair in Doha, Qatar, launching next February with 50 exhibitors, while Untitled Art revealed 84 exhibitors for its first Houston edition. In gallery news, Yan Du will open YDP in London, Annely Juda Fine Art is moving, and Jean-Paul Engelen joins Acquavella Galleries. Gladstone Gallery hired Julian Ehrlich from Christie's. Saudi Arabia opens its first specialized art storage facility in Jeddah. Creative Australia chair Robert Morgan retires amid controversy over the Venice Biennale team appointment, and Monash University reversed a decision to cancel an exhibition.

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trending_up market schedule May 19, 2025 visibility 28 link 26 artists, 4 galleries

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This week's art industry roundup covers major personnel changes at Phillips, with Cheyenne Westphal stepping down as global chairwoman and Jean-Paul Engelen departing for Acquavella Galleries, alongside promotions of Robert Manley and Miety Heiden. Auction results show mixed performance: Christie's Riggio collection brought $488.8 million, but Sotheby's and Phillips saw declines, while Marlene Dumas set a record for a living woman artist at Christie's. Other highlights include the launch of Derrick Adams' Scout Art Fair in Baltimore, Art Basel's inaugural awards, and the opening of Destinee Ross-Sutton's gallery in Stockholm.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 19, 2025 visibility 22 link 11 artists, 2 galleries

photo london 2025 standouts

Photo London's 10th edition opened with a buoyant mood despite co-founder Michael Benson acknowledging a difficult economic climate. The fair features classics by pioneers like Henri Cartier-Bresson and Brassaï, alongside emerging artists through its Discovery section and Positions platform. Standouts include Palestinian-American artist Adam Rouhana's poignant images of joy and resistance, the special exhibition "London Lives" curated by Francis Hodgson featuring 30 photographers, and a notable booth by Guerin Projects showcasing Robin Hunter Blake's chronophotographic works paired with Rodin's The Kiss.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 12, 2025 visibility 23 link 20 artists, 6 galleries

gallery weekend berlin 3

Gallery Weekend Berlin took place during the city's spring bloom, featuring exhibitions like Alvaro Urbano's melancholic installation "September and Lions" at ChertLüdde and Pamela Rosenkranz's flesh-toned water bottles at KaDeWe. The event kicked off on May Day and included expanded public tours, artist talks at the Neue Nationalgalerie, and a 24-hour window project. Notable attendees included collector Frédéric de Goldschmidt and celebrity Usher, who collected art. The weekend was marked by a mood of resilience despite political turmoil.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 7, 2025 visibility 26 link 36 artists, 8 galleries

gordon robichaux gallery profile

Gordon Robichaux, a gallery located on the ninth floor of a high-rise in New York's Union Square, has opened two exhibitions dedicated to the late artist and curator Jenni Crain, who died suddenly from Covid-19 in 2021 at age 30. The shows feature an unrealized floor sculpture by Crain, completed by her foundation and collaborators, and an untitled exhibition including works by artists who influenced her, such as Tee Corinne, March Avery, and Kate Millett. The gallery is also dedicating its booth at Frieze New York to Crain, highlighting her role as a friend, curator, and salesperson during the gallery's early years.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 5, 2025 visibility 18 link 9 artists, 1 gallery

black dandyism art history met gala 2025

The article previews the 2025 Met Gala, which coincides with the Metropolitan Museum of Art's exhibition "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style." The gala's dress code will celebrate Black dandyism, inspired by Monica L. Miller's 2009 book *Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity*. Co-chairs include actor Colman Domingo, Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton, rapper A$AP Rocky, and musician Pharrell Williams. The exhibition, guest-curated by Miller, will feature historical and contemporary clothing, artworks, and photographs organized into 12 sections such as "Respectability," "Disguise," and "Cool." The article also highlights five art historical examples of Black dandyism, including a 1772 portrait of Julius Soubise.

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candle obituary schedule May 2, 2025 visibility 23 link 10 artists, 1 gallery

dara birnbaum video artist dead wonder woman

Dara Birnbaum, a pioneering video artist known for subverting mainstream media through her re-edited television clips, has died at age 78. Her longtime representative, Marian Goodman Gallery, confirmed her death but did not disclose a cause. Birnbaum rose to prominence in the late 1970s and 1980s by pirating TV programs and resequencing their images to disrupt passive viewing. Her most famous work, *Technology/Transformation: Wonder Woman* (1978–79), loops clips of Lynda Carter as the superhero, exposing hidden politics and questioning the show's brand of feminism. The piece is now regarded as a landmark in both feminist art and video art.

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article news schedule May 1, 2025 visibility 25 link 21 artists, 4 galleries

state of play april 23 guy ullens death

Belgian billionaire Guy Ullens, a key figure in promoting Chinese contemporary art, died at age 90. His death was announced by the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA) in Beijing, which he founded in 2007 as one of China's first privately run contemporary art centers. The article also covers Art Basel Hong Kong, Art Dubai's digital art sales, Gallery Weekend Beijing's new invitation-only system, Bluerider Art's expansion to Los Angeles, the appointment of Ho Tzu Nyen as artistic director of the 16th Gwangju Biennale, the Turner Prize 2025 shortlist, the opening of New Taipei City Art Museum, and Saudi Arabia's new typefaces.

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article culture schedule Apr 30, 2025 visibility 19 link 27 artists, 3 galleries

contemporary frames

Artist Harry Gould Harvey IV and others are reclaiming the frame as an integral part of the artwork, using found wood and elaborate designs to embed narrative, memory, and place. Harvey, represented by P.P.O.W., began making frames from a fallen black walnut tree, while artists like Jenna Rothstein create ceramic frames with spiky thorns. The New Museum Los Gatos recently honored Holly Lane, a pioneer who milled Renaissance-style frames in the 1980s, challenging the minimalist norm.

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article news schedule Apr 29, 2025 visibility 23 link 31 artists, 7 galleries

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This week's art industry roundup covers major developments across art fairs, auction houses, galleries, and museums. At Expo Chicago, emerging artist Auudi Dorsey sold her painting *Rumble* (2025) for $14,000 on opening day at Palo Gallery, while the fair featured 170 exhibitors including 20 from South Korea amid tariff concerns. Vienna Contemporary appointed Abaseh Mirvali as artistic advisor for 2025-2026. Sotheby's was selected by Barbara Gladstone's estate trustees to sell her collection, starting with a May 15 single-owner sale of 12 works estimated at over $12 million. Nine artworks from the Anne and Sid Bass collection head to Christie's New York, and Sotheby's secured a $70 million Alberto Giacometti sculpture for its May 13 evening sale. Philipp Kaiser departed Marian Goodman Gallery after six years. Customs backlogs from President Trump's import policy changes are causing shipping headaches, with DHL halting business-to-consumer shipments over $800 to the U.S. Air de Paris withdrew from Art Basel. Mexico City gallery OMR hired Agustina Ferreyra as director. Angelica Jopling is expanding her London gallery Incubator to New York. Alexander Gray Associates now represents Donald Moffett. In museums, the National Endowment for the Humanities, following DOGE staff cuts, is offering grants up to $600,000 for statues for Trump's National Garden of American Heroes. CCS Bard appointed Lauren Cornell as artistic director and Mariano Lopez Seoane as graduate program director. The New York Academy of Art named Paul R. Provost president. The Artists' Legacy Foundation appointed Daisy Murray Holman executive director. The Speed Art Museum named Diallo Simon-Ponte assistant curator. The Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow appointed Daria Kotova director. The Nasher Sculpture Center named Carlos Basualdo director. The Cultural Infrastructure Index reported a 17% drop in completed cultural projects in 2024.

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article news schedule Apr 27, 2025 visibility 16 link 11 artists, 1 gallery

death of artist sarah cunningham ruled accidental

An inquest has ruled that the death of London-based artist Sarah Cunningham, 31, was accidental. She went missing in the early hours of November 2 in Camden, and her body was later found on the tracks at Chalk Farm Underground Station. On April 9, London’s Poplar Coroner’s Court determined that Cunningham jumped down onto the northbound train track and walked into the tunnel, where a train hit her 18 minutes later, but the coroner found she did not intend to take her own life. Cunningham was a rising artist represented by Lisson Gallery.

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article news schedule Apr 25, 2025 visibility 18 link 7 artists, 1 gallery

obama presidential center chicago artist commissions

US artists Spencer Finch and Lindsay Adams have been commissioned to create new installations for the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, which is set to open in early 2026. Finch will produce a 70-foot-long tiled mural for the Forum building's lobby, inspired by Barack Obama's memoir *Dreams from My Father*, while Adams will adapt a 2024 painting into fabric panels for the center's public café. The commissions are led by museum director Louise Bernard and curator Virginia Shore, who are building a collection of approximately 20 public artworks for the campus, including pieces by Julie Mehretu, Richard Hunt, and Maya Lin.

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