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Curiosity is often thought of as something we outgrow, a trait reserved for childhood. In reality, it never truly disappears — it simply gets buried beneath routines, responsibilities, and packed schedules. As life becomes more structured, that natural urge to wonder can fade into the background. Yet curiosity is what keeps everyday life feeling fresh, meaningful, and alive.
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In this oil painting from 2021, Gillian Wearing expands on her Lockdown self-portraits by inserting herself into a 1877 painting by the French artist, Henri Fantin-Latour (1836 to 1904) entitled La Lecture (The Reading). The original painting depicts two women in a domestic setting, one of whom reads aloud from a book, while the other sits beside her listening. In her version, Wearing takes the place of the listener, but crops the image, shifting the focus from the act of reading to the relationship between the two figures. As in her Spiritual Family photographic series, Wearing assumes the identity of a historical figure, but here she plays the role of a subject rather than an artist. Carefully studying her female companion, she imagines herself in a time and place that limited women’s social lives to private spaces – not unlike those featured in Lockdown.
Photographed in the Guggenheim Museum in NYC.
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Conversation, a grouping of colorful public seating (by artist B. Morgan) is located in the rear of the plaza at 77 Water Street, just off Water and Old Slip in NYC’s Financial District.
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