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Under ordinary circumstances, bad art naturally gets sorted out and disappears. That is how history works when it is left alone to do its job.

Michael Kimmelman

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Michael Kimmelman
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: May 8
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Journalist
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New York City
New York
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