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museum exhibitions schedule Nov 21, 2025 visibility 4 link 2 artists, 1 gallery

Penn Museum opens Native North America Gallery after two-year overhaul

The Penn Museum at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia will open its new 2,000-square-foot Native North America Gallery on Saturday, November 22, after two years of planning. The long-term exhibition replaces the 2014 show "Native American Voices: The People—Here and Now," which was curated by Lucy Fowler Williams with around 80 Native consultants but felt fragmented. This time, Williams and co-curator Megan C. Kassabaum worked closely with eight Native American curators—not just advisors—to determine the stories told. The gallery highlights moments of rupture, loss, and betrayal alongside resilience, and includes an empty vitrine to acknowledge repatriation efforts and culturally sensitive objects that tribes prefer not to display.

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article news schedule Nov 19, 2025 visibility 2 link 2 artists

Louvre closes gallery ‘until further notice’ citing structural problems

The Musée du Louvre in Paris has closed its Campana Gallery, which houses nine rooms of ancient Greek ceramics, after a technical report revealed structural weaknesses in beams supporting the second floor of the Sully Wing. The gallery will remain closed 'until further notice' as a precaution, and 65 staff members will be relocated, though the artworks will not be moved. The closure comes amid the Louvre's ambitious New Renaissance renovation project, announced by French President Emmanuel Macron, which includes a new visitor entrance under the Perrault Colonnade by 2031 and is now valued at €1.15bn.

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museum exhibitions schedule Nov 14, 2025 visibility 5 link 8 artists, 1 gallery

Toi Tauranga Art Gallery reopens with new vision

Toi Tauranga Art Gallery in New Zealand reopens on November 15, 2025, after a two-year closure and transformation. The revamped space features a new entrance at Masonic Park, a Mauri Stones installation, a gallery store highlighting regional artists, a creativity centre, improved accessibility, and a café. The reopening exhibitions include 'Whakairo' by Kereama Taepa, 'Old Friends' curated by Dr Penelope Jackson, 'Glimmer' in the new Meldrum Gallery, and works by Pusi Urale, Vaimaila Urale, and Darcy Nicholas, among others.

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article policy schedule Nov 7, 2025 visibility 4 link 2 artists

California nonprofits keep losing funding in what new study calls ‘the shadow of the pandemic cliff’

A new Otis College Report on the Creative Economy, titled "In the Shadow of the Pandemic Cliff," was presented at the Getty Center in Los Angeles. The report, prepared by Westwood Economics and Planning Associates, analyzes financial data from 2011 to 2023 for nonprofit cultural organizations in Los Angeles County, including museums, art schools, and performing-arts groups. It reveals that while revenues for these nonprofits surged by 47% during the early pandemic years due to special relief funding, that support has since faded. By 2023, 60% of surveyed organizations reported less public funding and 51% saw declines in private donations, a trend the report calls the "Covid cliff."

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article news schedule Oct 28, 2025 visibility 1 link 1 artist

‘An important piece of Black history’: Topher Campbell's Tate commission at risk of destruction

Artist Topher Campbell's large-scale sculpture *My Body Is An Archive*, commissioned by Tate Modern for his exhibition *Topher Campbell My ruckus. Heart!*, faces destruction if a new home is not found by the end of October 2025. The polished mahogany and collage work, which weighs over a ton, was temporarily housed at Birmingham Museums Trust after the show closed in January 2025, but the trust can no longer store it due to warehouse pressures. Campbell has launched a Go Fund Me campaign, which has raised 85% of its £2,000 target, to cover transport and storage costs.

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From controversy to clarity: how a Philadelphia medical museum is rethinking the display of human remains

The Mütter Museum in Philadelphia, known for its collection of medical artifacts including human remains, has been embroiled in controversy since a 2023 ProPublica investigation revealed it held Native American remains without repatriating them as required by NAGPRA. The museum's executive director Kate Quinn and then-president Mira Irons responded by removing digital content mentioning human remains, sparking a petition signed by over 30,000 people accusing them of reactive decisions. High-level staff departed, donors requested their body parts back, and both Quinn and Irons eventually resigned. The museum is now led by science historians Erin McLeary and Sara Ray.

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trending_up market schedule Oct 10, 2025 visibility 8 link 2 artists, 2 galleries

Frieze to launch Abu Dhabi edition in November 2026

Frieze has announced it will launch an Abu Dhabi edition in November 2026, marking its first fair in the Middle East and its eighth global event. The fair will take over the existing Abu Dhabi Art fair through a partnership with the Abu Dhabi Department of Culture and Tourism (DCT), and will be held at Manarat Al Saadiyat in the Saadiyat Cultural District. Dyala Nusseibeh will remain as director. The announcement comes as Frieze's rival Art Basel prepares to launch its own Middle East fair in Doha, Qatar, in February 2025, and follows the recent acquisition of Frieze by Hollywood tycoon Ari Emanuel via his holding company Mari, which has financial ties to Abu Dhabi-based investors.

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museum exhibitions schedule Oct 8, 2025 visibility 7 link 5 artists, 1 gallery

‘When you’re working with clay, you’re working with the earth’: Studio’s new exhibition offers ‘Clay as Care’

The Clay Studio in Philadelphia has opened a new exhibition titled "Clay as Care: Ceramic Art and Wellbeing," which explores the therapeutic and restorative benefits of working with ceramics. The show features four artists—Adebunmi Gbadebo, Jennifer Ling Datchuk, Ehren Tool, and Maia Chao—each using clay to address personal healing journeys, from fertility struggles to military trauma. The exhibition includes interactive elements like communal clay for visitors and is part of a research project in partnership with the University of Pennsylvania Center for Neuroaesthetics, Jefferson University Art Therapy Department, and Drexel University Art Psychotherapy team, collecting data on the show's impact on wellness.

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museum exhibitions schedule Oct 8, 2025 visibility 6 link 4 artists, 1 gallery

Can This New York Gallery Make You Reconsider Your Stance on Digital Art?

Offline gallery, a new brick-and-mortar space at 243 Bowery in New York (formerly Salon 94's location), has opened with a mission to bridge digital art and physical experience. Supported by the NFT marketplace SuperRare, the gallery is directed by Mika Bar-On Nesher and co-founded by Josh Long. It launched in July 2024 and has already hosted a book launch for Botto, an autonomous AI artist, and currently features a solo exhibition by Japanese multimedia artist Emi Kusano titled "Ego In The Shell," which explores AI, nostalgia, and pop culture. The gallery aims to create a tangible space where audiences can engage with digital and AI-generated art, fostering dialogue between crypto-natives and traditional art audiences.

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article local schedule Oct 3, 2025 visibility 8 link 6 artists, 1 gallery

Open Studios event in Fish Hoek and Clovelly: A celebration of local art

The inaugural Open Studios Fish Hoek and Clovelly (OSFHC) launched on October 3, showcasing the artwork of 19 local artists across 15 studios in the South African coastal communities of Fish Hoek and Clovelly over the weekend. A large-scale art installation was placed in the front windows of the 97-year-old family-run department store AP Jones to promote the event. Participating artists include Susan Didcott, Marlise Keith, Sue Kaplan, Yda Walt, Mandy Johnston, and organizer Lauren Shantall, with works ranging from sculpture and paint pieces to textile art and live material burns.

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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 26, 2025 visibility 4 link 1 artist, 2 galleries

Williamson Gallery exhibit illuminates political history of Mexican muralist Alfredo Ramos Martínez

The Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery at Scripps College has opened a new exhibition, “Pintor de Poemas: Unseen Works by Alfredo Ramos Martínez,” featuring over 25 drawings and paintings by the Mexican modernist. Guest curator Robin Dubin, director of Louise Stern Fine Arts, organized the show to highlight recently discovered works that reveal Ramos Martínez’s political engagements, challenging the long-held view of his art as merely decorative or folkloric. The exhibition is divided into four thematic sections—Indigenismo, Revolution, Labor, and War—and includes studies for his 1946 mural “The Flower Vendors,” which is housed nearby in the Margaret Fowler Garden.

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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 15, 2025 visibility 3 link 3 artists, 2 galleries

Exhibition at Brown responds to University’s Haffenreffer Museum collection of Navajo objects

Diné (Navajo) artist Eric-Paul Riege has opened a new exhibition, “ojo|-|ólǫ́,” at Brown University’s David Winton Bell Gallery, on view through December 7. The show features large soft sculptures and weavings that engage with Diné mythology, Euro-American trading posts, and the concept of authenticity in Indigenous art. Riege also selected five objects from Brown’s Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, including a loom with an unfinished textile, which he recontextualized by separating the loom from the textile and adding handwritten notes. The exhibition is co-curated by Thea Quiray Tagle and Nina Bozicnik, and will travel to the Henry Art Gallery in 2026.

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trending_up market schedule Sep 9, 2025 visibility 2 link 2 artists, 2 galleries

Christie’s Quietly Deletes Digital Art Department

Christie’s has quietly dissolved its dedicated digital art department, laying off two staff members including vice president Nicole Sales Giles, as part of a strategic shift to fold digital art sales into its broader 20th and 21st Century Art category. The move follows a two-year contraction in the art market and a dramatic decline in NFT trading volume from $2.97 billion in 2021 to $197 million in 2024, mirroring similar downsizing at Sotheby’s and the shuttering of platforms like Async Art and KnownOrigin.

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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 3, 2025 visibility 5 link 3 artists

In a new exhibition, Turkey displays the success of its heavyweight heritage drive

Turkey has opened a new exhibition titled "The Golden Age of Archaeology" at a national library in Ankara, showcasing 570 ancient artifacts—most unearthed in the past two years and displayed for the first time. Highlights include 11,500-year-old Neolithic vessels, a Bronze Age tablet revealing a previously unknown language (Kalasma), and a repatriated bronze statue of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, which was smuggled out of Turkey in the 1960s and recently returned from the Cleveland Museum of Art after a legal battle. The exhibition is part of the government's Heritage for the Future project, which spends around $150 million annually on excavations, visitor centers, and museums, with active digs rising to about 800.

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article local schedule Aug 27, 2025 visibility 4 link 2 artists, 1 gallery

Maxwell’s Southport Gates painting named overall winner of National Day art exhibition

Thomas Oliver Maxwell won the Ministry of Culture Award and the overall prize of £1,500 in Gibraltar's 'Our Gibraltar' art competition for his painting of Southport Gates. The annual National Day Art Exhibition, featuring 64 entries from 42 local artists across painting, sculpture, and photography categories, opened at the Fine Arts Gallery in Casemates with Deputy Mayor Nicky Guerrero and Governor Lieutenant General Sir Ben Bathurst in attendance. Nataly Zelak-Victor won first prize in painting for 'Parson’s Lodge Battery,' while Prem Mahtani took first prize in photography for a photograph of Parson’s Lodge. Judges Douglas Morello, Gabriella Martinez, and Stefano Blanca Sciacaluga evaluated the works, noting the variety of media and locally themed subjects.

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gavel restitution schedule Aug 21, 2025 visibility 4 link 3 artists

Tens of thousands sign petition to stop loan of ‘extremely fragile’ Bayeux Tapestry to UK

Nearly 50,000 people have signed a petition to block the loan of the Bayeux Tapestry to the British Museum, citing warnings from textile restorers that moving the 1,000-year-old embroidered linen could cause irreparable damage. The petition, launched by art historian Didier Rykner, opposes the planned exhibition in London from September 2026 to July 2027, which coincides with the closure of the Bayeux Tapestry Museum in Normandy for renovations. The loan was announced in July by French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Prominent French cultural figures, including former museum director Isabelle Attard, have voiced strong concerns, and Rykner hopes to ally with British opponents of the exchange, which would also send Anglo-Saxon and Medieval treasures from the British Museum to France.

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article local schedule Aug 5, 2025 visibility 5 link 2 artists, 2 galleries

Faizi Rahmeen Art Gallery yet to open doors

The Faizi Rahmeen Art Gallery in Karachi, Pakistan, remains unfinished over 35 years after its inception, despite being initiated during the tenure of former MQM Mayor Dr. Farooq Sattar. Construction of the ground-plus-three-storey structure was completed by 1992 at an estimated cost of Rs80 million, but work stalled after the launch of "Operation Clean-Up" against the MQM and the dissolution of the local government. A brief revival in 2007 only saw installation of glass panels and floor tiling; core civil works are only 70% complete, and key systems like electrical, mechanical, revolving stage, and sound system are still pending. The site, formerly the residence of renowned author Atiya Begum and artist Faizi Rahmeen, was donated to the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) in trust with the explicit intention of establishing an art gallery. KMC's Culture, Sports and Recreation office now operates from the property, but the gallery itself remains stalled due to lack of political priority for arts and culture.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jul 27, 2025 visibility 1 link 1 artist

4,000-year-old Ancient Egyptian handprint discovered by Cambridge museum

Researchers at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, UK, have discovered a 4,000-year-old handprint on the base of an ancient Egyptian "soul house"—a clay model of a building used in burial rituals. The handprint was found during preparations for the museum's upcoming exhibition "Made in Ancient Egypt" (3 October–12 April 2026), when senior conservator Julie Dawson examined the object under different lighting. The soul house, excavated at Deir Rifa north of Luxor, dates to Egypt's First Intermediate Period or Middle Kingdom and was likely left by the artisan who moved it to dry before firing.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jul 23, 2025 visibility 3 link 1 artist

Emily Legleitner - University Art Department Gallery

Emily Legleitner, a Detroit-based interdisciplinary artist working in print media and installation, presents her solo exhibition "My Life Is the Size of My Room" at the University Art Department Gallery from August 18 to September 26. The show includes a reception and welcome back party on September 4. Legleitner's work explores autobiographical experiences and emotions tied to anxiety, mortality, longing, and the human condition.

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article news schedule Jul 17, 2025 visibility 3 link 1 artist, 1 gallery

Rocket Man Jacky Tsai’s interstellar adventure

London-based Chinese artist Jacky Tsai painted the exterior of a ZQ-2E Y2 rocket, which launched into space in May from China's Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. The project, titled "Chang'e Flying to the Moon," was a collaboration with commercial space company LandSpace, reimagining the Chinese moon goddess in a cosmic context. Tsai worked with engineers to apply aerospace-grade paint, avoiding colors like green that could interfere with tracking systems. He had planned to recover separated rocket parts for a sculptural installation or charity auction, but all painted sections were incinerated upon re-entry.

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article news schedule Jul 4, 2025 visibility 3 link 1 artist

Mechanical engineer develops AI-generated digital masks to restore damaged paintings

Alex Kachkine, a mechanical engineer and PhD student at MIT, has developed AI-generated digital masks to restore damaged paintings. The system uses a removable, precision-printed polymer film with clear and painted areas, applied over the artwork like a custom graphic wrap. Kachkine tested the technique on a late-15th-century oil-on-panel painting attributed to the Master of the Prado Adoration of the Magi, using generative AI to reconstruct 5,612 areas of loss, including an obliterated infant Jesus. The masks are produced in hours and are physically separated from the paint surface by a conservation-grade varnish.

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article local schedule Jun 30, 2025 visibility 3 link 3 artists, 1 gallery

News Briefs: 12th Art in the Village beats the heat; major support for local historical society; Sears School names new asst. principal

The 12th annual Art in the Village, organized by the North Shore Art League, took place June 21-22 in Hubbard Woods Park, featuring a juried exhibition of artists from across the U.S. The event included live portrait painting by faculty member Lisa DePinto, a silent auction, and a raffle with donations from local businesses. Professional artists Bill Marvin and Corey Postiglione served as judges, awarding first place to Jenny Henley of Satsuma, Florida. Separately, the Winnetka Historical Society raised $132,000 at its annual gala honoring the late Jim Hansen, and Jeff Rosen was named assistant principal at The Joseph Sears School.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jun 23, 2025 visibility 2 link 1 artist

Cincinnati Art Museum to open new East Asian inspired exhibit

The Cincinnati Art Museum will open a new exhibition titled "Rediscovered Treasures" this fall, featuring approximately 60 East Asian masterpieces from its own collections, including Japanese armor, Chinese scrolls, Korean lacquer, a Japanese bronze "magic mirror," a Qing dynasty portrait of Lady Nian, and a Meiji period sumo wrestler's embroidered apron. The exhibition runs from September 19, 2025 to January 18, 2026, and is organized into three thematic sections: Rediscovery, New Identities, and Conservation. Admission is free.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jun 13, 2025 visibility 3 link 3 artists

World-first Ozzy Osbourne exhibition to open at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery

Two free exhibitions celebrating Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath will open in Birmingham, UK, timed to the band's historic homecoming concert at Villa Park. 'Working Class Hero' at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery displays Ozzy's Grammy Awards, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame honors, platinum and gold discs, and rare photography. A separate outdoor photography exhibition in Victoria Square features archive images of all four founding Black Sabbath members, iconic album artwork, and band facts. A 40-meter street mural by Mr Murals on Navigation Street depicts the band's logo and portraits.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jun 11, 2025 visibility 6 link 1 artist

Fort Worth’s Como public art project showcased at international exhibition

A public art installation from Fort Worth, Texas, titled "Do Something Good For Your Neighbor," has been selected for display at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition — La Biennale di Venezia in Venice, Italy. The weathered steel pavilion, located on Lake Como in Fort Worth's historic Como neighborhood, was designed by Matt Niebuhr and David Dahlquist of the Art Studio at RDG Planning & Design. Built in 2021 and owned by Fort Worth Public Art, it is one of 54 projects featured in the exhibition "PORCH: An Architecture of Generosity," commissioned by the U.S. State Department and organized by the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design at the University of Arkansas, in partnership with DesignConnects and the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. The installation honors community leaders William H. Wilburn, Sr. and Amon G. Carter Sr., and features custom carved benches with phrases from a historic local newspaper.

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article local schedule Jun 3, 2025 visibility 6 link 15 artists, 3 galleries

The Next Wilmington Art Loop Opens Friday, June 6, 2025

The next Wilmington Art Loop, a free citywide art exhibition, opens on Friday, June 6, 2025, from 5–9 PM. Now in its 38th year, the event is a partnership between the Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs and Out & About Magazine. Participating venues include The Delaware Contemporary (featuring RADIUS and ARC 25 exhibitions), Wilmington’s Redding Gallery (hosting the City of Wilmington Employee Juried Art Show and a display on the Tubman-Garrett statue), The Mezzanine Gallery (showcasing Jen Hintz Eggers), MKT Gallery (presenting Troy Jones’s “Ancestral Echoes: Masks We Wear”), and Bridge Art Gallery. A free shuttle, provided by the City of Wilmington Parks & Recreation Department, will run from The Delaware Contemporary parking lot, with riders voting on additional gallery stops.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 27, 2025 visibility 3 link 3 artists, 1 gallery

'Everything you will see is the fruit of her work': Venice Biennale 2026 will follow late curator Koyo Kouoh's vision

The 2026 Venice Art Biennale will proceed exactly as planned by its curator, Koyo Kouoh, who died earlier this month at age 57. Titled "In Minor Keys," the edition is scheduled to open on May 9, 2026. At a press conference in Venice, Biennale press head Maria Cristiana Costanzo confirmed that Kouoh had intensively developed the curatorial concept, selected artists and works, and defined the exhibition's theoretical framework, graphic identity, and spatial design before her death. Her core team will complete the show in strict accordance with her plan, with full support from her family. Collaborators read texts she prepared and displayed images she selected during the presentation.

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gavel restitution schedule May 16, 2025 visibility 4 link 1 artist

Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art repatriates ancient silk manuscript to China

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art (NMAA) in Washington, DC, has repatriated fragments of the ancient Zidanku Silk Manuscripts to China. The artifacts, dating from the fourth to third century BCE, were looted from a tomb near Changsha, Hunan Province, and smuggled into the US in 1946. The NMAA deaccessioned Volumes II and III of the manuscripts, which were given to the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery by an anonymous donor in 1992. The transfer was formalized in a ceremony at the Chinese embassy following an agreement signed earlier this month, with the fragments handed over to the National Cultural Heritage Administration (NCHA) of China.

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gavel restitution schedule Apr 25, 2025 visibility 2 link 2 artists

MFA Boston to return Benin Bronzes to wealthy donor, close gallery

The Museum of Fine Arts (MFA), Boston will close its Benin Kingdom Gallery on April 28, and most of the Benin Bronzes displayed there will not be repatriated to Nigeria. Instead, all but five of the 34 objects will be returned to their donor, filmmaker and banking heir Robert Owen Lehman, who rescinded his 2008 gift after stalled negotiations with the museum. The MFA had sought to acquire full ownership of the works to ensure their display, but Lehman asked for them back. The five bronzes the museum does own will remain in its collection and be shown in its Art of Africa Gallery starting in June.

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museum exhibitions schedule Mar 20, 2026 visibility 10 link 1 gallery

Golnar Adili’s Family Archive

Artist Golnar Adili presents a solo exhibition at Smack Mellon in New York, centered on her family's archive of letters. The show features large-scale text-based sculptures and installations, such as 'Ye Harvest From the Eleven-Page Letter–Installation,' which transforms Persian script from her father's letters into architectural forms, alongside new plaster casts of her body. These works explore the aftermath of her parents' separation due to political exile following the 1979 Iranian Revolution.

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