Matthew Wong Interiors exhibition opens with previously unexhibited works
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Updated · The New York Times · May 8
Matthew Wong Interiors exhibition opens with previously unexhibited works
2 articles · Updated · The New York Times · May 8
The Venice show at Palazzo Tiepolo Passi runs from 6 May to 1 November and presents 39 paintings and drawings, curated by dealer John Cheim.
It focuses on moody indoor scenes intended to reveal a more solitary, psychological side of Wong's art that had not been fully seen or understood.
Wong, who died in 2019 aged 35, has since entered major museum collections; the exhibition also reflects his mother Monita Wong's efforts to protect his legacy.
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