September 2017 Modern Painters

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modernpainters SEPTEMBER 2017

JASPER JOHNS IT'S ABOUT THE TRUTH

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DAVID HOCKNEY GLOBAL BIRTHDAY FESTIVITIES

YAYOI KUSAMA

LIFE-DEFINING ART THERAPY

Louise Bourgeois, Thomas Ruff, and Andrea Branzi Remembers Ettore Sottsass

This exhibition is made possible by Major support is provided by

The Leadership Committee for Visionaries: Creating a Modern Guggenheim is gratefully acknowledged for its generosity, with special thanks to Trustee Chairs Denise Saul and John Wilmerding, Stefan Edlis and Gael Neeson, Bill and Donna Acquavella, Rowland Weinstein, Arnhold Foundation, Peter B. Brandt, Dorothy and Sidney Kohl, Mnuchin Gallery, Elizabeth R. Rea in honor of Michael M. Rea, Lyn M. Ross, Elliot and Nancy Wolk, and those who wish to remain anonymous. Funding is also provided by the William Talbott Hillman Foundation. Peggy Guggenheim at Art of This Century, New York, ca. 1942. Photo: AP Photos. Vasily Kandinsky, Composition 8 (Komposition 8), July 1923 (detail). Oil on canvas, 140 x 201 cm. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Founding Collection, By gift 37.262. © 2017 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Visionaries: Creating a Modern Guggenheim

More than 170 masterworks from the Guggenheim collection Through September 6 guggenheim.org/visionaries

GILDA OLIVER DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS, PAINTINGS AND PRINTS

Hot Pink Marilyn N# 2- (2014), 4 by 5 feet.

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Gilda Oliver—Works before 2015

LURIE GALLERY August 5th - September 29, 2017 at Lurie gallery in LA BEVERLY HILLS - Platform44 | 9408 Brighton Way, Beverly Hills, CA 90210 www.luriegallery.com

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