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In the spirit of a true abstract expressionist, Mitchell represents himself on his own terms using the rarely executed medium of smoke even as he walks in the footsteps of Yves Klein and Claudio Parmiggiani, who both experimented with smoke. Unlike his predecessors, however, smoke has been his primary medium to date. JACKSON HOLE, WY.- Maya Frodeman Gallery is presenting From An Open Flame, a solo exhibition of recent works on paper by Dennis Lee Mitchell. These works, created entirely with smoke, will remain on view at the gallery's downtown location in Jackson Hole from June 13th through July 27th, 2025. Just twelve years ago, Dennis Lee Mitchell, a trained ceramicist, developed a unique studio process to capture the visible vestiges of undulating smoke on sheets of paper. Today, the artist is producing truly masterful works on paper with the incorporeal mediumsmokein explosive new color and the deep sooty blacks he is best known for. From An Open Flame reveals Mitchell as much of an alchemical wizard and innovator as the master of his medium. In black and white, we are presented with strong, symmetric mandalas resembling florets like Fruita (2025) and a series of trembling pansies and violets that feel distinctly like motion encapsulated, such as Inside (2025). However, the true wonders of the exhibiti ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Installation view of Red Grooms, Mimi Gross, and The Ruckus Construction Co.: Excerpts from âRuckus Manhattan.â Brooklyn Museum, June 13-November 2, 2025. © Red Grooms, Member of Artists Rights Society (ARS). © 2025 Mimi Gross / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. (Photo: Paula Abreu Pita).
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Gagosian presents "Brice Marden: Works on Paper" in Paris | | Artworks by Syd Solomon, Joan Miro and Dale Chihuly perform well at Ahlers & Ogletree | | Tate Britain unveils largest-ever retrospective of British Surrealist Ithell Colquhoun | Brice Marden, 15 x 15 12, 201517 (detail). Kremer inks and Kremer white shellac ink on Arches paper, 20 x 15 in © 2025 Estate of Brice Marden/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Maris Hutchinson. Courtesy the Estate of Brice Marden and Gagosian. PARIS.- Gagosian announced Brice Marden: Works on Paper, organized in collaboration with the Estate of Brice Marden. The exhibition features previously unseen work from the artists final two decades, selected by his daughters Mirabelle Marden and Melia Marden. Presented in Paris, the exhibition pays tribute to Mardens long ties to the city. It was during his stay in Paris in 1964 that the artist furthered his interest in depicting a place through a kind of abstract reasoning. He created gridded monochrome works using charcoal rubbings of the tiled walls in the home where he stayed. Its an intuitive leap that is both esoteric and practicala literal recording of his environment. Marden became one of the most inventive recorders of the natural world, its appearance, its textures, its poetry. He worked in studios overlooking the Hudson River, on the tropical Caribbean island of Nevis, in ... More | | Glass sculpture by Dale Chihuly (American, b. 1941), titled Sunset Macchia (2008), 8 inches tall and housed in an 11 ¾-inch-tall Plexiglas case, signed (etched) to the side and inscribed ($9,075). ATLANTA, GA.- A large oil and acrylic on canvas painting by Syd Solomon (American, 1917-2004) sold for $12,100; a glass sculpture by Dale Chihuly (American, b. 1941) realized $9,075; and a color lithograph on Arches paper by Joan Miro (Spanish, 1893-1983) changed hands for $6,655 in two days of auctions held June 4th and 5th by Ahlers & Ogletree, online and live at the firms gallery in Atlanta. The June 4th event was a Modern & Contemporary Art & Design auction, one in which 420 lots came up for bid and grossed $551,216. The June 5th sale was titled Translucence: Contemporary Studio Art Glass, with 153 lots of studio art glass by noted artists, including many sculptures by Chihuly. In that auction, the gross was $192,511. All prices in this report include a 21 percent buyers premium. The painting by Syd Solomon, titled Naturole (1974), was the top lot of Day 1 and the overall top achiever of the two days, easily breezing past ... More | | Ithell Colquhoun, Alcove, 1946, Private Collection © Spire Healthcare, © Noise Abatement Society, © Samaritans. LONDON.- One of the most radical artists of her generation, Ithell Colquhoun (1906-1988) was an important, but often overlooked figure in British surrealism. At Tate Britain following a run at Tate St Ives, this landmark exhibition is the largest of Colquhouns work ever staged, featuring over 130 paintings and drawings; many of which have never been publicly exhibited. The exhibition draws on Tates significant archive of the artists work, tracing the evolution of Colquhouns work from her early narrative paintings and engagement with the surrealist movement, to her fascination with the intertwining realms of art, sexual identity, ecology, magic and mysticism. Following a loosely chronological path, the exhibition maps the influence of esoteric and surrealist concepts on the artists developing practice from the mid-1920s to the 1970s. Early paintings from her time at the Slade School of Fine Art will be presented, including Judith Showing the Head of Holofernes 1929, ... More |
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Exhibition examines impact of Avant-Garde photography movement a century after its inception | | Esther Schipper presents "Out of the Blue," Roman Ondak's new solo exhibition | | A celebration of food, France and art comes to the Cincinnati Art Museum this summer | Imogen Cunningham, Agave Design I, ca. 1920, gelatin silver print, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, purchase with funds from Georgia-Pacific Corporation, 1987.138. © The Imogen Cunningham Trust. ATLANTA, GA.- The High Museum of Art presents Photographys New Vision: Experiments in Seeing (June 13, 2025-Jan. 4, 2026), an exhibition uniting more than 100 works from the Highs robust photography collection to trace the impact of the New Vision movement from its origins in the 1920s to today. Works include century-old photographs exemplifying themes from the movement and modern and contemporary images that emphasize the relevance of current artistic and social practices as a response to the technological and cultural changes that occurred in the early 20th century. This exhibition provides an opportunity to illuminate photographers creativity and innovative practices, all inspired by the progression of the medium in the 1920s and 30s, said High Museum of Art Director Rand Suffolk. Many of the works are rarely on view, so it will be an exciting experience for visitors ... More | | Roman Ondak, Memoirs, 2023. Fountain pen ink, specimen jar, metal stand, 124 x 67 x 53 cm (overall) 26,5 x 28 x 12,5 cm (object), 98 x 67 x 53 cm (stand). BERLIN.- Esther Schipper is presenting Roman Ondak's Out of the Blue, the artist's second solo presentation with the gallery. On view are sculptures as well as photographic works with various interventions. The entanglement of past and present and of the personal and political have long been at the core of Roman Ondak's practice. Loosely based on the color blue and its association with melancholy, the presentation includes works that evoke moments, memories and historical contiguitiesand all in some way include shades of the color. The works poignancy draws attention to the idea that individual sights, experiences, and decisions are what shape a life, a country and history, that past and present are in a constant dialogue across time. But Ondak is not a gloomy artist, his works, blue or not, are full of reflection but also have much affection for life and his spectators. His vision of everyday life as moments from which history is made is a humanist one. ... More | | Camille Pissarro (French, 18301903), The Gardener - Old Peasant with Cabbage, 188395, oil on canvas, 32 x 25 1/2 in. (81.5 x 65 cm), National Gallery of Art, Washington; Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 1994.59.6. CINCINNATI, OH.- Farm to Table: Food and Identity in the Age of Impressionism explores the intersection of art, food, and identity during the last decades of the 1800s in France. The exhibition, on view June 13September 21 at the Cincinnati Art Museum (CAM), features more than 60 paintings and sculptures by artists including Camille Pissarro, Claude Monet and Vincent van Gogh. The exhibition is organized by the American Federation of Arts and the Chrysler Museum of Art. The last quarter of the 19th century was a transformative time for agriculture, dining and the arts in France, with Paris as the hub of artistic experimentation, commercial growth and gastronomy. It was during this time that artists, both supporters of Academic tradition and those who challenged norms, like the Impressionists, vividly documented societal challengesranging from the rights of rural workers to the ... More |
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Ruiz-Healy Art presents "Vast and Varied: Texan Women Painters" in NYC group show | | Galerie Eva Presenhuber presents "Wall Works & Sculptures" group exhibition in Brussels | | Kunstmuseum Den Haag adds contemporary perspectives to enrich collection | Eva Marengo Sanchez, No, I can fix it! To_ Tia Lupe, 2025, Signed bottom right, Oil on canvas, 41 x 31 in, 104.1 x 78.7 cm. SAN ANTONIO, TX.- Ruiz-Healy Art presents Vast and Varied: Texan Women Painters, a group exhibition of works by Jennifer Agricola Mojica, Eva Marengo Sánchez, Audrey RodrÃguez, Marta Sánchez, and Ethel Shipton. The exhibition will be on view at the New York City gallery until August 15, 2025. Vast and Varied: Texan Women Painters tackles the cultural milieu through themes of cityscapes, motherhood, mementos, and domesticity. San Antonio-based artist Jennifer Agricola Mojica paints vibrant, ephemeral spaces that offer belonging in a discordant world. Her superimposed compositions cross genres of abstraction and figurative painting. By stripping and rebuilding thick layers of paint, Agricola Mojica creates visual tensions that allude to fractured memory and the deception of time. In The Sixteen Dollar Cake, a sleeping figure is positioned under a lush canopy of monstera plants as lingering smoke rises ... More | | Jean-Marie Appriou, Solstice 2024. Bronze, aluminium, 264 x 98 x 95 cm / 103 7/8 x 38 5/8 x 37 3/8 in © Jean-Marie Appriou BRUSSELS.- Galerie Eva Presenhuber is presenting the group show Wall Works & Sculptures, showcasing works by Doug Aitken, Jean-Marie Appriou, Angela Bulloch, Sylvie Fleury, Liam Gillick, John Giorno, Douglas Gordon, Yu Ji, Adam Pendleton, Gerwald Rockenschaub, Ugo Rondinone, and Steven Shearer. Beginning in the 1990s, artist and filmmaker Doug Aitken (b. 1968 in Redondo Beach, CA, US) has developed a boundary-defying multimedia oeuvre that both studies and leads into new art forms. Integrating film, sound, photography, sculpture, performance, happenings, and site-specific installations, Aitkens immersive multimedia landscapes disrupt the conventions of the contemporary art world. Jean-Marie Apprious (b. 1986 in Brest, FR) sculptures evoke archaic forms and are inspired by contemporary but also mythological and futuristic worlds. His works are often crafted from aluminium and bronze, ... More | | Randa Mirza, Beirutopia, Kunstmuseum Den Haag. THE HAGUE.- Kunstmuseum Den Haag is redirecting its collection, with a view to enhancing its multivocality and topical relevance. The monumental works by Steffani Jemison, Moshekwa Langa, Randa Mirza, Oscar Murillo and Emma Talbot have added important contemporary voices to the collection. The new acquisitions highlight the museums new programme line Making the Future , which considers not only what is lacking, but actively creates room for artists who challenge and enrich the canon, with an optimistic, critical and unifying take on the past, present and future. "Collecting means thinking ahead. We are investing in makers who manage to visualise major issues sometimes in monumental work, sometimes in small poetic pieces. These works speak to the icons in our collection, from Mondrian to Rego and from Constant to Monet. I am incredibly proud that we have been able to make this happen, thanks to the support of many. - Margriet Schavemaker, general director, Kunstmuseum Den ... More |
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"Nearly Natural" explores bonsai as metaphor for modern identity in Erin Wright's new exhibition | | Design & American Avant-Garde: The James D. Zellerbach Residence by Frances Elkins total $23.6 million | | New exhibition at the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts highlights conservation | Bachelor V, 2025, acrylic on canvas, 159.3 x 137.4 x 4.1 cm. TOKYO.- MAKI Gallery announces Nearly Natural, a new exhibition of paintings by Los Angeles based artist Erin Wright. Marking Wrights solo debut in Japan, the exhibition opens on June 14, 2025, at MAKI Gallery / Tennoz, Tokyo. In this compelling new body of work, Wright rigorously examines the contemporary condition through the precise and potent metaphor of bonsai, uncovering a nuanced dialogue between disciplined cultivation and the aesthetics of self-styling. At the core of Nearly Natural lies Wrights incisive conceptual parallel: the bonsai tree as a mirror for the modern bachelor. This unexpected yet trenchant comparison illuminates the intricate discipline, restraint, and aesthetic control inherent in both the cultivation of bonsai and the often unseen grooming rituals of the single man. Wright posits that just as bonsai are shaped through guided growth and careful intervention, so too are individuals subjected to invisible structures of taste, identity, and ... More | | François-Xavier Lalanne, Le Métaphore (Canard-Bateau), circa 2002, sold for $667,800. © Christie's Images Ltd 2025. NEW YORK, NY.- Christies announced the results for the Design auction and the single-owner sale American Avant-Garde: The James D. Zellerbach Residence by Frances Elkins. Together, the two sales achieved a combined total of $23.6 million. The Design sale realized $15.4 million. The top lot of the sale was The Goddard Memorial Window by Tiffany Studios, which achieved $4,285,000 becoming the second highest price realized for a window from the artists studio. It was sold to support the continued advancement of St. Lukes Churchs missions and endowment. The Goddard Memorial Window by Tiffany Studios achieved 214% of its low estimate, underscoring Christies expertise in presenting exceptional works by Tiffany Studios, delivering top results for the category and further cementing the companys commitment to the artist. Additional highlights from Design included Claude Lalannes Unique 'Structure végétale ... More | | Arthur Rothstein (New York, New York, 1915 - 1985, New Rochelle, New York), Mike Sullinger Who Has a Farm Near Carson, North Dakota, Looks for Rain, 1936, gelatin silver print, 17 3/4 x 14 3/4 in. On loan from the Bank of America Collection. LITTLE ROCK, ARK.- The Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts (AMFA) announces The Long View: From Conservation to Sustainability: Works from the Bank of America Collection, a new exhibition presented by Bank of America on view from June 13 to August 31, 2025, in the Harriet and Warren Stephens Galleries. Admission is always free at AMFA, including all exhibitions. The Long View features photographs, paintings, prints, and sculptures by artists who use their art to advocate for the conservation and protection of the planet. Spanning from the mid-nineteenth century to the present, the work in the exhibition charts the evolution of how modern society thinks about and interacts with nature. The Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts has been a mainstay of Arkansass cultural landscape for decades, and we are thrilled to share this unique ... More |
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More News | Rosalind Nashashibi unveils "Tender Horse" exhibition at Galerie Urs Meile ZURICH.- The London-born and -based artist of Palestinian origin, Rosalind Nashashibi, is showing a recent group of paintings in her first solo exhibition at Galerie Urs Meile at Rämistrasse. Concurrently, her 2007 film Bachelor Machines Part 1 is featured in a group show at the gallerys new space in Ankerstrasse. The thirty-one-minute 16 mm film, shot on a cargo ship on the way from Southern Italy to Sweden, borrows its title not only from one of the sections of The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even (La Mariée mise à nu par ses célibataires, même), commonly known as Le Grande Verre (The Large Glass), the 191523 work by Marcel Duchamp, but also from Michel Carrougess book Les Machines célibataires (1954), and the eponymous exhibition curated by Harald Szeemann in 1975. Nashashibis film is an anti-epic of a sea journey undertaken by a female filmmaker observing ... More National Gallery inspired art by children takes to the streets of Westminster LONDON.- This summer sees the National Gallerys flagship primary school programme, Take One Picture, bursting beyond the walls of the Gallery and into three nearby locations around Westminster. Each year, children from across the UK and beyond respond creatively to a single National Gallery painting, using it as inspiration for imaginative exploration across the school curriculum. This years painting is Pieter de Hoochs The Courtyard of a House in Delft (1658). Presenting the work of pupils from 40 schools across three sites in and around the National Gallery, this years exhibition takes the form of artwork displays and a digital augmented reality (AR) trail. The starting point for the digital experience is Jubilee Walk, situated outside of the newly reopened Sainsbury Wing, where people are being invited to use their mobile devices to explore children's artwork from four selected schools, ... More A spectacular and rare Roman sarcophagus was uncovered in Caesarea JERUSALEM.- A spectacular find, and the first of its kind in Israel: In archaeological excavations conducted by the Israel Antiquities Authority at the initiative of Caesarea development Corp., a Roman period marble sarcophagus (coffin) was uncovered, upon which was sculpted a special scene of the drinking contest between Dionysus (or Bacchus), the god of wine, and Heracles (Hercules), the mythological hero. It was like a scene out of a movie, say Nohar Shahar and Shani Amit, Israel Antiquities Authority archaeologists. We began removing the soft, light sand of the dune, when suddenly the tip of a marble object popped up. The entire excavation team stood around excitedly, and as we cleared more sand, we couldn't believe what we were seeing parts of a sarcophagus, upon which figures were carved: gods, animals, and trees. Each uncovered fragment was more impressive than the one before. ... More Miguel Afa's "O vento continua, todavia" opens at Paço Imperial RIO DE JANEIRO.- On Saturday, June 14, starting at 3 p.m., artist Miguel Afa opens his new solo exhibition, O vento continua, todavia (The wind, however, goes on), at Paço Imperial, in downtown Rio de Janeiro. The show features a set of works produced between 2023 and 2025, and marks a moment of synthesis and affirmation of the artist's career, which began in 2001 through graffiti in the streets of Complexo do Alemão, where he was born and raised. A graduate of UFRJ's School of Fine Arts, Afa moves from the street to institutions with a pictorial language deeply marked by his personal journey. His work proposes a poetic reconfiguration of the image of the peripheral body, countering the stigmas of marginalization with scenes that evoke affection, care and resistance. Working with an enigmatic color palette, Afa creates scenes that don't soften, but intensify the complexity ... More The Brooklyn Museum opens solo exhibitions by Christian Marclay and Red Grooms BROOKLYN, NY.- On the fifth floor, the Brooklyn Museum presents a mesmerizing film installation by conceptual artist and composer Christian Marclay. With Doors (2022), his latest cinematic work, Marclay transforms the simple act of entering and exiting doorways into a captivating cinematic collage. From silent films, early black-and-white talkies, and modern-day motion pictures, doors become portals, seamlessly transporting viewers across eras, genres, and emotions. With dynamic soundtracks and intermittent dialogue in multiple languages, the film loops continuously, ensuring no arrival or departure is final and creating an open-ended exploration of cinemas limitless possibilities. Christian Marclay: Doors is organized by Kimberli Gant, Curator, Modern and Contemporary Art, with Indira A. Abiskaroon, Curatorial Assistant, Modern and Contemporary Art. Opening ... More Kulturstiftung Basel H. Geiger presents Irène Zurkinden: Love, Life BASEL.- The Kulturstiftung Basel H. Geiger / KBH.G presents Irène Zurkinden: Love, Life, a major exhibition dedicated to the life and work of Irène Zurkinden (190987), a remarkable Basel-based artist of the 20th century. The exhibition offers a comprehensive and recontextualized look at Zurkindens artistic legacy, showcasing celebrated works from public and private collections as well as intimate works on paper being publicly displayed for the first time. It has been four decades since Irène Zurkindens work was last presented in an institutional settingmost notably at the Kunstmuseum Basel and Schloss Ebenrain in the 1980s. This exhibition aims to reintroduce her to a new generation of viewers and shed fresh light on her remarkable artistic legacy: Spanning five decades of artistic productionfrom her early days in 1930s in Paris to the late works of the 1980sthe exhibition highlights ... More Maurice Sendak sale series totals: $5.5m NEW YORK, NY.- The two-auction Maurice Sendak sales series concluded yesterday with Maurice Sendak: Artist, Collector, Connoisseur Online, which was 100 percent sold by lot and 197 percent hammer and premium against low estimate. This brings the total for both sales to $5,533,238, with both sales together at 93 percent sold by lot, and 130 percent hammer and premium above low estimate. Overall, one out of three bidders and buyers in both sales was new to the category at Christies. On Tuesday, June 10th, which would have been Maurice Sendaks 97th Birthday, Maurice Sendak: Artist, Collector, Connoisseur totaled $4,872,494. It was 124 percent sold hammer and buyers premium against low estimate, and 83 percent sold by lot. To help ensure that children will continue to be enchanted by the next generation of visual storytellers, these sales will support the Sendak Fellowship, a residency program at The Maurice Sendak ... More Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts opens ambitious group exhibition centered on water and climate justice OMAHA, NEB.- Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts is presenting From the Great Lakes to the Great Plains: The Visible Currents of Climate Change, an immersive multimedia group exhibition on view from June 13 through September 14, 2025. Curated by Rachel Adams, Chief Curator and Director of Programs, the exhibition brings together 21 artists and an artist collective to examine the environmental, cultural, and political implications of water in two vital North American regions. While often marginalized as flyover country, the Great Lakes and Great Plains are indispensable landscapes where climate change is acutely visible. Participating artists who have lived or worked in these regions grapple with water as both life-giving and contested, revealing its roles in systems of resilience, exploitation, and transformation. Works span media and perspectives, with artists drawing from ... More "Kykladitisses: Untold Stories of Women in the Cyclades" inaugurates the Archaeological Museum of Thera SANTORINI.- The emblematic pan-cycladic exhibition Kykladitisses: Untold Stories of Women in the Cyclades, organized by the Museum of Cycladic Art and the Ministry of Culture (Ephorate of Antiquities of Cyclades) traveled to Santorini to inaugurate the renovated Archaeological Museum of Thera on June 13, 2025. The exhibition that is co-organized by the Municipality of Thera will officially open its doors to the public on June 14 and will remain on view until October 31, 2025. The exhibition is the first joint action of the Museum of Cycladic Art and the Ephorate of Antiquities of Cyclades, in implementation of the Memorandum of Cooperation signed on May 17, 2024 by the Minister of Culture, Lina Mendoni, and the President and CEO of the Museum of Cycladic Art, Sandra Marinopoulou, with the aim of studying, highlighting and promoting the Cycladic culture in Greece and abroad. ... More Exhibition examines the Red Scare, the Hollywood Blacklist, and its impact on American culture NEW YORK, NY.- The New York Historical highlights the intersection of politics, art, and culture that shaped Americas Red Scare in Blacklisted: An American Story, a traveling exhibit created by the Jewish Museum Milwaukee. Expanded by The Historical, the exhibition builds on the story of the Red Scare and the blacklisting of screenwriters and directors known as the Hollywood Ten, and the countless others who were impacted. Blacklisted captures the tensions of the domestic Cold War, revealing how global politics infiltrated Americas entertainment industry in the late 1940s and 50s through a government crackdown on artistic expression. Our aim with Blacklisted is to prompt visitors to think deeply about democracy and their role in it, said Dr. Louise Mirrer, president and CEO of The New York Historical. The exhibition tackles fundamental issues like freedom of speech, religion, and association, inviting reflection on how our past informs todays cultural and political ... More Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst presents Accumulation-on Collecting, Growth and Excess ZURICH.- We can barely imagine a life without accumulation. Whether money, property, clothing or technical devices, material possessions determine our daily life. Yet immaterial values such as social status, influence, wealth or knowledge are also accumulated. They decide who we are and how we see ourselves both individually and socially. The second sequence of Accumulationon Collecting, Growth and Excess links up to the first part of the exhibition series. The works presented delve deeply into the engagement with accumulation, taking as their theme ways in which the mechanisms of endless growth manifests itself in everyday power structures. Works from the collection, loans and new productions enter into dialogue with one another, extending the discourse from a variety of geographical and historical perspectives. While the first sequence of the exhibition ... More |
| PhotoGalleries Monica Bonvicini Carlos Cruz-Diez Consuelo Kanaga Brooklyn Museum at 200 Flashback On a day like today, American-French painter Mary Cassatt died June 14, 1956. Mary Stevenson Cassatt (May 22, 1844 - June 14, 1926) was an American painter and printmaker. She was born in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania (Now part of Pittsburgh's North Side), but lived much of her adult life in France, where she first befriended Edgar Degas and later exhibited among the Impressionists. In this image: Mary Cassatt (1845-1926), Mother and Two Children, 1906. Oil on canvas.
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