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Art is drama. Any relationship to art is also a relationship to death.

Paul Virilio

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Paul Virilio
Age: 86 †
Born: 1932
Born: January 4
Died: 2018
Died: September 10
Architect
Art Theorist
Exhibition Curator
Painter
Philosopher
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Sociologist
Urban Planner
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