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Taking Shape

Abstraction from the Arab World, 1950s–1980s

January 14–March 13, 2020

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Taking Shape: Abstraction from the Arab World, 1950s–1980s

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"Taking Shape" reception at the Grey Art Gallery, NYU, on January 30, 2020

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