Abu Ghraib 67, 2005
by Fernando Botero
Oil on canvas, 16 7/8 x 13 3/4 in., 43 x 35 cm
Marlborough Gallery

This evening I attended the most somber opening I have ever experienced - at Marlborough Gallery, for Fernando Boteros' ABU GHRAIB.

For the past year and a half, since we began Resolve40, I have viewed some 200 exhibitions... tonight, for the first time in all of these outings, I felt the true passion of painting viewing Botero's work.

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