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A photo by Matti Aikio of Pile oSápmi, made from reindeer skulls by Sámi artist Máret Ãnne Sara, on display at Documenta in 2017. In a significant gesture of recognition for the indigenous Sámi people of the Arctic Circle, the Nordic Pavilion at this years Venice Biennale usually shared by Finland, Norway and Sweden has been retitled the Sámi Pavilion. Matti Aikio via The New York Times.
Elisabetta Povoledo and Robin Pogrebin
VENICE.- The 78 bronze funnels were ready, the pump tested and the backdrop was almost done. So when it looked as if war was most likely coming to Ukraine, Maria Lanko, one of the curators of the Ukrainian pavilion at the Venice Biennale, was determined to get artist Pavlo Makovâs fountain sculpture safely out of the country. In a recent interview in New York, Lanko described how she loaded the funnels in three boxes and packed them into her car. âWe expected something might start,â she said. âThere was a lot of tension and Putin gave us many hints.â On the evening of the warâs first day, as explosions besieged the city, Lanko set off driving from Kyiv with her dog and a colleague, the pavilionâs art director, Sergiy Mishakin. âI started the journey without a precise route,â said Lanko. âI had to decide which road was safest.â So began a harrowing three-week journey â driving 10 hours a day on back roads, staying in places without heat â that ultimately took Lanko out of Ukraine and to Vienna, ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Pitzhangerâs new solo exhibition by Rana Begum RA explores the perception of light, colour and form within sculpture, painting and installation. Visitors immediately encounter a newly-created, ethereal cloud installation of diffused light and veils of colour dramatically suspended within the Gallery. Dappled Light blurs the boundaries between sculpture, architecture, design and painting. It is Begum's first solo show in a public gallery in London in six years.
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| For the first time, the Museo del Prado is linking painting to the sense of smell | | Slotin Folk Art Auction announces upcoming Spring Self-Taught Art Masterpiece Sale, April 23-24 | | MoMA opens 'Our Selves: Photographs by Women Artists from Helen Kornblum' |
Detail of The Sense of Smell for the fragrance Fig Tree.
MADRID.- The Essence of a Painting. An Olfactory exhibition represents a new approach to the Prados collections, on this occasion through the sense of smell. With this aim in mind, and with the technological sponsorship of Samsung, the special collaboration of the Perfume Academy Foundation and the AirParfum technology developed by Puig, the perfumer Gregorio Sola has created ten fragrances associated with elements present in the painting The Sense of Smell, part of the series on The Five Senses executed by Jan Brueghel in 1617 and 1618 in which the allegorical figures were painted by his friend Rubens. It is the sense of smell that allows visitors to appreciate the different elements depicted in the painting. In order to achieve this Gregorio Sola, Senior Perfumer at Puig and a numerary academician at the Perfume Academy occupying the Sandalwood Chair, has created fragrances such as Allegory, which encourages viewers to focus on the small bouquet of fl ... More | |
Lanier Meaders, Rare Jack O Lantern Devil Face Jug. c. early 1970s. Signed, 10" high. Estimate: $3,000-$5,000.
BUFORD, GA.- Steve Slotin frequently employs a catchphrase to describe the disparate items in Slotin Folk Art Auctions twice-a-year Self-Taught Masterpiece Sales: The Strange, The Unusual, The Vanishing America! Its a catchy way to try to lasso the wide and wild variety of items that the auctions feature. But as time goes by, the list of folky things that find their way into the sales just gets longer. Maybe the broad slogan isnt broad enough. Self-taught art has always been at the center of Slotin Folk Art sales, but here are just some of the kinds of art that also are included among the 769 lots in its Spring Self-Taught Art Masterpiece Sale, April 23-24, 2022: anonymous, circus, flash tattoo, patriotic, Inuit, antique quilts, contemporary quilts, samplers, photography, folk pottery, hand-lettered signs, trade signs, folk sculpture, Indian totems, early weathervanes, carved carousel figures, vernacular furniture, Haitian flags, Oaxacan figures, ... More | |
Sharon Lockhart, Untitled, 2010 (detail). Chromogenic print, 37 à 49 in. (94 à 124.5 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Helen Kornblum in honor of Roxana Marcoci. © 2021 Sharon Lockhart.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Museum of Modern Art announces Our Selves: Photographs by Women Artists from Helen Kornblum, an exhibition that will present 90 photographic works by female artists from the last 100 years, on view from April 16 to October 2, 2022. Drawn exclusively from the Museums collection, thanks to a transformative gift of photographs from Helen Kornblum in 2021, the exhibition takes as a starting point the idea that the histories of feminism and photography have been intertwined. Our Selves: Photographs by Women Artists from Helen Kornblum is organized by Roxana Marcoci, The David Dechman Senior Curator, with Dana Ostrander, Curatorial Assistant, and Caitlin Ryan, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Photography, MoMA. Rather than presenting a chronological history of women photographers or a linear account of feminist photography, the exhibition prompts new ... More |
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| Heritage Auctions' May 10 American art event offers a love letter to the works that defined this country | | Early 20th century bronze and contemporary furniture highlight Roland Auctions NY Multiple-Estates Spring Auction | | Thaddaeus Ropac presents 'Robert Rauschenberg: Japanese Clayworks' |
Gertrude Abercrombie (American, 1908-1977), Lonely House, 1938. Oil on canvas, 36 x 30 inches. Estimate: $60,000 - $80,000.
DALLAS, TX.- Heritage Auctions announced one of the most comprehensive and jubilant American art events in recent memory. In the words of Senior Vice President Aviva Lehmann, the May 10 American Art Signature® Auction, featuring 150 works, is a museum-quality auction showing off our strength and ability to curate a perfect sale that covers every genre of American art. The event, which is now open for bidding, spans the breadth of American art, from Ashcan to Impressionism, Regionalism to Hudson River, illustration to sculpture. Here, collectors are treated to everything from Rembrandt Peales iconic portrait of George Washington to a coveted still-life by the master of the form, Severin Roesen; from a beloved advertisement (for baby food!) by Norman Rockwell to a birthday-party painting of Max and his Wild Things by their beloved creator Maurice Sendak. The names featured ... More | |
Demetre Chiparus (Romanian, 1886-1947) Vested Dancer Bronze Sculpture, Estimate $6,000 - $8,000.
GLEN COVE, NY.- Roland Auctions NY in Glen Cove, NY will present their next Spring Multiple Estates auction on Saturday, April 23rd at 10am. a two-part fresh-to-market sale of Fine Art, Collectibles, Furniture, Antiques, Silver, Decorative Arts and Jewelry, all curated from prominent East Coast estates and private collectors all over the Northeast. Previews will be held on Wednesday, April 20th, Thursday, April 21st and Friday, April 22nd from 10am - 6pm. In the spotlight this month are a group of exquisite Demente Chiparus bronze sculptures, including a Demetre Chiparus (Romanian, 1886-1947) "Starfish" - Bronze Sculpture, patinated, gilt and cold painted bronze figure of a dancer, on a marble base, circa 1925. [18" H x 7 1/4" W x 3 1/2" D]. Estimate $10,000 - $15,000 and a Demetre Chiparus (Romanian, 1886-1947) "Vested Dancer" Bronze Sculpture, patinated, gilt and cold painted bronze figure of a dancer, on a marble base, circa 1925. [21" H x ... More | |
he Japanese Clayworks feature sculptural elements reminiscent of Rauschenbergs Combines and Spreads.
SALZBURG.- The first comprehensive exhibition of Robert Rauschenbergs Japanese clayworks brings together rarely seen works from two formative series which represented a major innovation in the artist's practice from 1982 onwards. This exhibition of key works from Robert Rauschenbergs Japanese Clayworks (1982/1985) and Japanese Recreational Clayworks (198283/1985) highlights two formative series that represented a major innovation in his practice from 1982 onwards. Created in a period of the artists career that has yet to be fully explored, some of these works are being shown publicly for the first time outside Japan, where they were created. A selection from these series was exhibited at Leo Castellis gallery in New York in 198283. The Japanese Clayworks feature sculptural elements reminiscent of Rauschenbergs Combines and Spreads, photographic imagery of ancient and modern Japan and painterly ... More |
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| Guo Pei: Couture Fantasy transforms the Legion of Honor | | On April 30, sports cards & memorabilia, toy cars and trains go up for bid at Turner Auctions + Appraisals | | Tate Modern, National Gallery of Victoria, and Pinault Collection acquire works from Souls Grown Deep's Collection |
Guo Pei, Elysium collection, 2018 © Guo Pei / Asian Couture Federation. Photograph by Lian Xu. All rights reserved. Image provided courtesy of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Through exquisite craftsmanship, lavish embroidery, and unconventional dressmaking techniques, designer Guo Pei creates a couture fantasy that fuses the influences of Chinas imperial past with export art, the grandeur of European court life, architecture, and the botanical world. The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco celebrate Guo Peis extraordinary designs with Guo Pei: Couture Fantasy, the first comprehensive exhibition of her groundbreaking work. The exhibition includes more than 80 ensembles from the past two decades, highlighting the designers most important fashion collections, shown on Beijing and Paris runways, including many designs that have never before been shown to the public. Couture Fantasy is exclusively presented at the Legion of Honor. Drawing inspiration from European and Chinese artistic traditions, Guo Peis creations blur the boundaries between art and ... More | |
Lionel 6-18300 Mint Car Series Pennsylvania GG-1 Electric Locomotive in original box. Estimate $200-$300.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Turner Auctions + Appraisals will present Sports Cards & Memorabilia, Toy Cars, and Trains on Saturday, April 30, 2022, at 10:30 am PDT. The timed sale features over 230 lots from several Northern California collectors and estates. There are several themes in this auction, each with a variety of offerings. Among the sports cards, groupings include Shaquille ONeal, Michael Jordan, Joe Montana, Football Hall of Fame, Basketball and Baseball Super Stars, Basketball Hall of Fame, and many others. In addition, many sports cards lots include commons of 2,000 or more. Theres also a wide selection of sports memorabilia: signed bats and photos from the San Francisco Giants as World Series Champions; autographed or specialty basketballs; signed football helmets, photographs, a football, and a jersey; and a variety of signed or souvenir boxing gloves, including Manny Pacquiao, Oscar de la Hoya, Ricky Hatton and Roberto Duran. The are many groupings of Johnny ... More | |
James "Son Ford" Thomas (1926 - 1993), Skull, 1988, Unfired clay, human teeth, rocks, aluminum foil, 6.75 x 4.5 x 7 in., © James Son Ford Thomas, Photo: Stephen Pitkin/Pitkin Studio.
NEW YORK, NY.- Souls Grown Deep Foundation and Community Partnership announced today that Tate Modern, the National Gallery of Victoria, and the Pinault Collection will acquire artworks by Black artists from the Southern United States, including Mary Lee Bendolph, Aolar Mosely, James "Son Ford" Thomas, Louella Pettway, Martha Pettway, and Annie Mae Young, from its renowned collection. These inaugural international acquisitions mark a milestone in the Foundations mission to advocate the inclusion of Black artists from the American South in the canon of art history, as their contributions to modern art will be presented in a global context. While these acquisitions mark the first international partnerships, Souls Grown Deep has placed over 500 works by more than 110 artists in over 30 significant museum collections across the country, as part of its Collection Transfer Program, which aims to confer the majori ... More |
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| New edition of The Notebooks and Drawings of Louis I. Kahn available on April 19, with an all-new reader's guide | | Beatles' 1966 Shea Stadium concert poster sells for $275,000 at Heritage Auctions to shatter auction record | | The Cleveland Museum of Art acquires original plaster model of Why Born Enslaved! and other new acquisitions |
Page from a letter from Louis I. Kahn to Richard Saul Wurman and Eugene Feldman (included in 1973 edition of Notebooks and Drawings)
NEW HAVEN, CONN.- This spring, the Yale Center for British Art, in association with Yale University Press, and in collaboration with the publisher Designers & Books, will release a facsimile edition of The Notebooks and Drawings of Louis I. Kahn. Created by Richard Saul Wurman, along with printer Eugene Feldman, and first issued by Falcon Press in 1962, the book is one of the earliest published acknowledgements of the genius of modern architect Louis I. Kahn (19011974). With the original edition long out of print, the 2022 facsimile is accompanied by an all new Readers Guide that provides rich context for understanding Kahns art and his thinking. The Readers Guide includes writings by a variety of critics and colleagues as well as Kahns personal recollections and unpublished speeches. It also features sketches from Kahns travels and drawings related ... More | |
The Beatles 1966 Shea Stadium NY Concert Poster, Newly Found Unrestored Condition.
DALLAS, TX.- The most iconic concert poster of all time is now the most expensive concert poster of all time. On Saturday, during Heritage Auctions latest Music Memorabilia Signature® Auction, the stunning bright-yellow slab of cardboard promoting the Beatles August 23, 1966, concert at New Yorks Shea Stadium sold for $275,000 to set a new auction record. That shatters the previous highwater mark of $150,000 shared by both the Shea Stadium poster (set in November) and another advertising Hank Williams two concerts scheduled for New Year's Day 1953 at the Canton Memorial Auditorium in Ohio (established last May). Unlike previous Beatles-at-Shea record-holders, the one sold Saturday from the Fab Fours final tour was untouched by conservation experts. Its previous owner, who owned it for decades, took great care of the keepsake and just, well, let it be. The poster was, as ... More | |
Why Born Enslaved!, 1868. Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (French, 1827-1875). Plaster, original polychromed surface; h. 67 cm (26-1/2 in.).
CLEVELAND, OH.- Recent acquisitions by the Cleveland Museum of Art include a masterpiece by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, the foremost French sculptor of the Second Empire (1852-1870); a landscape drawing by Netherlandish artist Hans Bol; and a Taihu stone presented to the museum by contemporary Chinese artist Liu Dan. Why Born Enslaved! is one of Jean-Baptiste Carpeauxs most iconic, signature works. It depicts a bound African woman looking defiantly upward. The sculptures original, polychromed surface is covered with complex, nuanced hatchings and subtle modeling that enhance the expressive power of the figure. While there are other versions of the sculpture in museum collections in the United States and Europe, scrapings and marks on the surface of the plaster indicate the work the CMA has acquired is the master ... More |
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Yves Klein - Relief Ãponge bleu sans titre and Monochrome bleu sans titre
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'Café Royal Books, Documentary, Zines, and Subversion' at Martin Parr Foundation
BRISTOL.- Featuring 500 zines and 167 photographs, this new exhibition celebrates the work of publishing house, Café Royal Books. For the past ten years Café Royalfounded by Craig Atkinson in 2005has produced weekly publications focusing on post-war documentary photography linked to Britain and Ireland, in an accessible and affordable zine format. This output is the largest published print archive of post-war British documentary photography, and a champion for the unseen, underrepresented and overlooked in photography. Each week Café Royal Books publishes a new zine priced at £6.50 focusing on a single body of worka majority of this work is previously unpublished. The series includes work by photographers from all backgrounds from the widely-known such as Shirley Baker, Chris Killip, Markéta Luskačová and Daniel ... More
kaufmann repetto opens an exhibition of works by Andrea Bowers
MILAN.- kaufmann repetto is presenting You must not turn your head away in grief, Andrea Bowers third solo exhibition with the gallery in which she presents a multi-media body of work centered around the theme of eco-grief, the sense of loss that arises from experiencing or learning about environmental destruction or climate change. You must not turn your head in grief is a show that began with the artist traveling to northern California during the beginning of the Covid pandemic to document the important actions of the Redwood Forest Defenders, a group of young tree-sitters in the ancestral lands of the Tsurai village, also called Trinidad in Humboldt County. They were defending a rainforest from logging by Green Diamond Resource Company for environmentally friendly toilet paper, among other greenwashing products. It was ... More
Daylight Books publishes 'Dining Alone: In the Company of Solitude' by Nancy A. Scherl
NEW YORK, NY.- "Dining Alone: In the Company of Solitude' draws attention to the disillusion of the stigma of eating alone. The book invites us to explore the evolving human condition of the individual and the diminishing deference, yet need, for the company of solitude." Laura Wzorek Pressley Nancy A. Scherl's color photographs of people dining alone evoke a certain curiosity. What are the individuals thinking? What are they observing as they eat their meals and watch fellow diners? Is this a favorite pastime to collect their own thoughts, or are they waiting for someone, or are they lonely? The viewer does not know their stories, though they have them, everyone does. This long-term project spanning three decades, culminated during the Covid-19 pandemic, and the book reflects the subtle shifts in fashion and the look and personality ... More
Harrison Birtwistle, fiercely modernist composer, dies at 87
NEW YORK, NY.- Harrison Birtwistle, whose intensely theatrical compositions and uncompromising modernism made him the most prominent British composer since Benjamin Britten, died Monday at his home in Mere, England. He was 87. His death was announced by a spokesperson for his music publisher, Boosey & Hawkes. Birtwistles granitic, earthy works revealed their secrets slowly, and their structures were labyrinthine. Dissonant, weighty and to some ears forbidding, they often dwelled on similar themes from piece to piece, interrogating kindred ideas from different angles, developing ideas touched on earlier. I can only do one thing, and there is nothing else, Birtwistle, who was active mainly in Europe, said in 1999. What Birtwistle did, however, he did in a unique style of indelible permanence. Reviewing The Shadow ... More
Joint exhibition of works by Jim Shaw and Marnie Weber opens at Squero Castello in Venice
VENICE.- Simon Lee Gallery and Zuecca Projects are presenting a joint exhibition of works by Jim Shaw and Marnie Weber at Squero Castello in Venice, Italy. The works of Shaw and Weber span a wide range of artistic media and visual imagery, from the detritus of American culture to the surreal worlds of fantasy and folklore, both drawing from the subconscious as their source of artistic creativity. In parallel with the theme of The Milk of Dreams, the 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, both Shaw and Weber transform the personal, the commonplace and the uncanny into dream-like narratives and magical worlds that unfold the mysteries of our subconscious and imagination. Jim Shaw and Marnie Weber grew up in the booming economic landscape of post-war America. In the 1970s both artists began creating character- ... More
NYU's landmark art collection on view at Grey Art Gallery
NEW YORK, NY.- The Grey Art Gallery at New York University is presenting Mostly New: Selections from the NYU Art Collection, the museums first exhibition since it closed in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The exhibition presents a compelling sampling of the New York University Art Collection, with more than 90 artworks by nearly 60 artists. Curated by the Grey Art Gallerys Lynn Gumpert and Michèle Wong, the show features recent acquisitions of modern and contemporary art from the Middle East by artists such as Farah Al Qasimi, Shahpour Pouyan, and Parviz Tanavoli and spotlights photography, with works by Harry Callahan, Peter Hujar, and Kenji Nakahashi, among others. Mostly New also debuts a selection of works from the Greys newly acquired Cottrell-Lovett Collection, donated by longtime art patrons ... More
Finalists for the Sondheim Art Prize announced
BALTIMORE, MD.- The Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts announces the finalists for the 17th annual Janet & Walter Sondheim Art Prize. The three individual artists selected as this years finalists are Maren Henson, Megan Koeppel, and James Williams II. This year, the prestigious competition will award a $30,000 fellowship to assist in furthering the career of a visual artist or visual artist collaborators living and working in the Greater Baltimore region. BOPA will also be awarding two residencies to finalists not selected for the Sondheim Art Prize: a six-week, fully funded residency at Civitella Ranieri in the Umbria region of Italy, and a six-month residency at the Bromo Seltzer Arts Tower in Baltimore. The selected finalists will show their work at the Walters Art Museum, 600 N. Charles Street. The finalists' exhibition will ... More
Three BMWs that box above their weight at the H&H sale at the Pavilion Gardens Buxton
LONDON.- Looking for a BMW that offers something special? H&H Classics has three cars to offer you. 3 is the magic number here. Two cars are M3s and one would of them would be worthy of the BMW Motorsport moniker. The first of the three is a bit special, like its owner, and was ordered new by former Olympic medalist and World Boxing Champion Robin Reid. Sharing physical prestige and performance, this capable and exclusive 1997 M3 Evolution was customised at the time of delivery with a Zeemax ZM3 wide-body kit, Momo quick-release steering wheel, Kenwood stereo and Alpina alloy wheels at a cost of £9,000. It is finished in Estoril Blue Metallic with Grey Nappa leather upholstery, dark blue hood and a factory hardtop. Its exclusivity was picked up by 'Fast Car' magazine, which featured the car. Also standing ... More
'The Minutes,' an official history of American horror
NEW YORK, NY.- If you set out to imagine the dullest possible setting for a play, you might come up with something much like the one Tracy Letts puts before you in The Minutes, a Steppenwolf Theater production that opened Sunday at Studio 54. What could be more tedious, onstage or in life, than a City Council meeting with little on the agenda besides approving the official record of the last one? Or arguing the merits of a Lincoln Smackdown cage match attraction at the next annual heritage festival? Yet Letts, a master of the American Macabre, makes something quite different of these middling workplace comedy ingredients: not a Parks and Recreation, nor even a Miles for Mary, but a deeply troubling play about history and horror. He tips his hand slowly. The Minutes is at first content merely to assemble, ... More
DJ Kay Slay, fiery radio star and rap mixtape innovator, dies at 55
NEW YORK, NY.- DJ Kay Slay, who served as a crucial bridge between hip-hop generations, developing from a teenage B-boy and graffiti writer into an innovative New York radio personality known for his pugnacious mixtapes that stoked rap beefs, broke artists and helped change the music business, died Sunday in New York. He was 55. Slay had faced a four-month battle with COVID-19, his family said in a statement confirming his death. Few figures in hip-hop could trace their continued presence from the genres earliest days to the digital present like he could. In late-1970s New York, Slay was a young street artist known as Dez, plastering his spray-painted tag on building walls and subway cars, as chronicled in cult documentaries Wild Style and Style Wars. Then he was the Drama King, aka Slap Your Favorite DJ, hosting ... More
Kathryn Hays, soap star for nearly 40 years, dies at 87
NEW YORK, NY.- Kathryn Hays, an actress who had a brief yet memorable turn in the Star Trek television series of the 1960s but who found enduring appeal as a stalwart soap opera star on As the World Turns for almost four decades, died on March 25 in Fairfield, Connecticut. She was 87. Her daughter, Sherri Mancusi, confirmed her death, in an assisted living facility. Hays was originally cast by the daytime drama writer and creator Irna Phillips for a six-month contract, but wound up as an integral part of As the World Turns, which ran on CBS from 1956 to 2010. By the end of Hays long run on the show, her character, Kim Hughes, had become the de facto matriarch of the dramas fictional town, Oakdale. The character was known for her catchphrases, often calling people kiddo or toots. Hays balanced the demands ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, Italian painter Paolo Veronese died April 19, 1588. Paolo Caliari, known as Paolo Veronese (1528 - 1588), was an Italian Renaissance painter, based in Venice, known for large-format history paintings of religion and mythology, such as The Wedding at Cana (1563) and The Feast in the House of Levi (1573). Included with Titian, a generation older, and Tintoretto, a decade senior, Veronese is one of the âgreat trio that dominated Venetian painting of the cinquecentoâ and the Late Renaissance in the 16th century. In this image: Left: Paolo Veronese (1528 - 1588), St. Agatha Visited in Prison by St. Peter, 1566 - 67, oil on canvas, 65 1/2 Ã 81 1/2 inches, San Pietro Martire, Murano; photo: Ufficio Beni Culturali del Patriarcato di Venezia. Right: Paolo Veronese (1528 - 1588), St. Jerome in the Wilderness, 1566 - 67 Oil on canvas, 91 Ã 57 1/4 inches, San Pietro Martire, Murano; photo: Ufficio Beni Culturali del Patriarcato di Venezia.
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