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Bill Viola: Video Art and Renaissance Classics
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Video Art Pioneer: Nam June Paik in 5 Artworks
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Find Paradise with Niki de Saint Phalle: Paradis Retrouvé in Opera Gallery
This week marks the birthday of Niki de Saint Phalle, the Franco-American artist who died in 2002. To celebrate the occasion, I visited a new...
Louisa Mahoney 29 October 2022
