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"title": "Julie Mehretu: Portals",
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"title": "Isamu Noguchi: \"I am not a designer\"",
"description": "Isamu Noguchi: \"I am not a designer\". High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA (organizer) (April 10-August 2, 2026) https://high.org/exhibition/noguchi/; Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA (September 19, 2026-January 3, 2027); Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, Rochester, NY (February 13-June 6, 2027).",
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"citation": "Sullivan, Marin R. \"Functional Sculpture.\" In Isamu Noguchi : \u201cI Am Not a Designer\u201d. Edited by Monica Obniski and Marin R. Sullivan, 239-270. New York, New York, Atlanta, Georgia: Rizzoli Electa; High Museum of Art, 2026.",
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