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🎨 Arts
October 22, 2026 at 03:30 PM
The Canadian Artist Jean Paul Riopelle Was 'Completely Absorbed by the Act of Painting.' His Abstract Works Finally Have Their Own Home in a Quebec Museum
Source:
Smithsonian Magazine
A new pavilion at Quebec's Musée National des Beaux-Arts now houses the world's largest public collection of works by Canadian abstract artist Jean Paul Riopelle, celebrating his 50-year career.
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