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René Char, Feuillets d'Hypnos, 1946, largely written while commanding a rural guerilla unit in the French Resistance: "I think of that army of deserters, hungry for dictatorship, whom those who survive the Faustian algebra of these times will perhaps see back in power in this mindless country."

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Wanda Pimentel, Involvement Series, 1968, vinyl on canvas, 130 × 98 cm (Art Institute of Chicago). Pimentel: “ I think my issues are the issues of our time: the lack of perspective for people, their alienation. The saddest thing is for people to be dominated by things.”

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If you see this repost with something red from your gallery Kate Shepherd, Party Over, Red, 2024, oil and enamel on panel, 52 x 46 in (132.1 x 116.8 cm)

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A few close details of Mark Rothko watercolors at the NGA in D.C. this time last year. I loved this show.

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François Rouan, Mauve, rose et vert, 1970, oil on braided canvases, 1970, 202 × 150 cm. On view at Templon, New York, through March 1.

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For this month's Artforum, I reviewed the superb Sylvia Plimack Mangold exhibition at Craig Starr Gallery, New York (through March 8). I cannot emphasize too strongly how much I yearn to see a full retrospective.

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Writing about Yves Klein's sculpture for an upcoming talk in Nice. I've always liked this pairing at the Frederick R. Weisman Foundation in Los Angeles: Klein's Victory of Samothrace, 1962, and Kenneth Noland's Across, 1964.

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Gorgeous small-format paintings by Alison Hall on view at Pazo Fine Art, D.C., through March 15. All are oil, graphite, and plaster on panel, 12 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches.

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Still thinking about the Julije Knifer exhibition recently at Frank Elbaz, Paris. I like Knifer's 1983 description of his meanders: "I did not paint to have these paintings serve someone else, these paintings served me ... My painting is, in a sense, a way of behaving."

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Last days for "Huguette Caland, les années parisiennes (1970-1987)," at Mennour, Paris, through January 25. This is Guerre Incivile, 1981 (oil on linen, 155 x 155 cm / 61 x 61 in). A great painter and a great show.

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One year ago today: Installing "Simon Hantaï: Unfolding" at Timothy Taylor, New York.

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Paul Wallach, Truth That, 2019 (wood, lead, canvas, cloth, paint, 7 7/8 x 7 7/8 x 4 inches). Almost a mini-Morellet from the front, but full of surprises. At Fergus McCaffrey, New York, through March 1.

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Beautiful Kate Shepherd watercolors in her must-see show at Galerie Lelong, New York. Through February 8.

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Following the great Iria Leino show at Harper's Chelsea 512, I had the pleasure of visiting the loft in SoHo where the Finnish-born painter lived and worked from the 1960s until her death in 2022. A fascinating time capsule, stuffed to the gills with work from all phases of her New York career.

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Snapped this pic of @sharonbutler.bsky.social and Chris Martin deep in discussion the other day before Chris's opening at Timothy Taylor. Sorry to pap you Sharon but I love this image :)

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From the archives: Patricia Still on behalf of Clyfford, upon an invitation to participate in a traveling exhibition organized by the US Information Agency.

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