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Juan Gris

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Juan Gris

Juan Gris and the Kroller Muller Museum

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WILLY BOERS, important for dutch Modern Art

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WILLY BOERS, important for dutch Modern Art

willy boers important for dutch modern art

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Picasso and Guernica

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Picasso and Guernica

Picasso and the history of Guernica

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Dennis Hopper the man behind the lens

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Dennis Hopper the man behind the lens

Dennis Hopper, the Man Behind the Lens Most people know Dennis Hopper as the wild-eyed actor of Easy Rider and Blue Velvet. Fewer know that for a stretch in the 1960s he was one of the sharpest observers of American culture with a camera in his hands. The story goes that his first wife, Brooke Hayward, gave him a Nikon in 1961. He took to it immediately, and for the next several years he carried it everywhere, shooting without any particular plan beyond curiosity. He was in the middle of a remarkable moment, and he had the access to prove...

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Robin Winters in Europe

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Robin Winters in Europe

Robin Winters: An American Conceptualist in Europe Robin Winters was born in 1950 in Benicia, California. He is known for solo exhibitions that include an interactive, durational performance component, sometimes lasting up to two months. His work is often described as an early example of Relational Aesthetics, and he has used blind dates, dinners, fortune telling and free consultations as part of his art. Faces, boats, cars, bottles, hats and the fool recur in his His European story starts early. Through 1975 and 1976 he traveled across Europe and North Africa. In 1975 he showed a solo exhibition at the...

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