Artwork © Cy Twombly Foundation; Video by Pushpin Films; Cy Twombly: In Beauty it is finished, Drawings 1951–2008, Gagosian West 21st Street, New York, March 8–April 25, 2018
March 28, 2018
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An exhibition of Cy Twombly’s drawings, spanning the years 1951–2008, is currently on view at Gagosian West 21st Street, New York. For the occasion, Mark Francis, director of the exhibition, describes the impetus for this expansive presentation, the source for its title—In Beauty it is finished—and details the stories of some of the works on view.
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