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Graphic rendering in red and gray of an open corridor with a bench. Walls at left and right bear the repeated image of a hand holding a credit card eblazoned with the works of artist Bakbara Kruger in a haphazard checkerboard pattern. At the end of the corridor is a similar image flanked by two doorways. The card there reads, “I Shop Therefore I Am.” Graphic rendering in red and gray of an open corridor with a bench. Walls at left and right bear the repeated image of a hand holding a credit card eblazoned with the works of artist Bakbara Kruger in a haphazard checkerboard pattern. At the end of the corridor is a similar image flanked by two doorways. The card there reads, “I Shop Therefore I Am.” An abstract work in light orange, navy blue, and shades of brown featuring intersecting lines, rounded shaded regions, and prominent blob-like shapes. An abstract work in light orange, navy blue, and shades of brown featuring intersecting lines, rounded shaded regions, and prominent blob-like shapes. Black-and-white photograph of an upside-down fork, its prongs set on the lip of a pale, round dish. The fork casts a sharp shadow on the light surface below. Black-and-white photograph of an upside-down fork, its prongs set on the lip of a pale, round dish. The fork casts a sharp shadow on the light surface below.

Go behind the scenes as Barbara Kruger’s vision takes over the museum, contemplate the rare and personally expressive prints of Onchi Kōshirō, and experience 1920s Paris through the postcards of André Kertész—all this fall.

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This fall we present an epic exhibition devoted to the work of artist Barbara Kruger.

⁠—Robyn Farrell, associate curator, Modern and Contemporary Art

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