Uploaded March 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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What is the duty of an artist? Philip Guston’s answer might surprise you.

Philip Guston constantly re-invented his style over the course of five decades. As the world whirled around him, he painted to meet the moment.

He captured both simple pleasures of daily life (like eating or driving) and large-scale violence by “bearing witness” to the world with an unflinching look at war, racism, and his own inner demons.

Enter Guston’s imagination through our exhibition, Philip Guston Now, and spark your own creativity.

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