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Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty, Patrick Radden Keefe charts the fortunes of the Sackler family, which prided itself on a long and distinguished history of philanthropy in the US and UK. Institutions such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Smithsonian in Washington, DC, and the Victoria and Albert Museum and Serpentine Galleries in London, have all benefitted from the family’s largesse.
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Carroll Dunham | Albert Oehlen
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“For decades, Albert Oehlen and Carroll Dunham have subjected painting to a constant stress test, breaking it down into its components: colour, materiality, and brushwork, line, structure, layering, technique, title, pathos, iconography, and the disappointment and expectation of the recipient.” – Olga Nevzorova
Galerie Max Hetzler, London is pleased to announce Carroll Dunham | Albert Oehlen, a joint exhibition of paintings which explores the stylistic diversity of two of the most innovative pain