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Letters Business Day II, 2020 Watercolour on Arches 300 gram Watercolour Paper 22 × 29 9/10 inches by Jonathan Kwegyir Aggrey (b.1984)
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Dear Artist, Yesterday, Jonathan Kwegyir Aggrey of Ghana wrote, “In my society there is no…

Letters My Heart is a Thousand Colours (work in progress), 2021 Acrylic on canvas 57.5 x 180 inches by Sara Genn (b. 1972)
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Dear Artist, After our mother tongue, colour is, perhaps, our second language. Unlike words, though,…

Letters Classical Painting Atelier by Juliette Aristides — Valuable apprenticeship to some of the better historical artists.
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Dear Artist, If your intention is to make unique, somewhat abstracted works with a distinctive…

Letters Kitchen, 1991–1996 Beads, plaster, wood and found objects 96 × 132 × 168 inches by Liza Lou (b. 1969)
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Dear Artist, Yesterday, Nancy Hall of Sandy Hook, Manitoba wrote, “As an artist, mother, farmhand,…

Letters Lake O’Hara, Rockies 1926 Oil on wood-pulp board 21.5 x 26.6 cm by J.E.H. MacDonald (1873-1932)
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At a recent soirée of old friends and colleagues there was a politician whose acquaintance I had made back in high school. He was a jerk then and, as far as I can see, he’s a jerk now. I found myself pleasantly moving around the room and not making eye contact with him. As a matter of fact, through the whole party I was blind to his existence. To my last Scotch I successfully avoided the renewal of our acquaintance.

Letters The Convalescent, 1888 Oil on canvas 92 x 107 cm by Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946)
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Dear Artist, In response to a recent comment questioning the validity of an artwork illustrated…

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