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Today’s show: “Les Fleurs du Mal” is on view at Nahmad Contemporary in New York through Saturday, April 9. The group exhibition pairs works by 19th-century Symbolist artist Gustave Moreau (1826–98) with pieces by modern and contemporary figures like Marc Chagall, Salvador Dalí, John Currin, and Elizabeth Peyton.
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Gustave Moreau, Suzanne et les Vieillards, ca. 1895, oil on canvas.
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Gustave Moreau, Le Poète et La Sirène, 1893, oil on canvas.
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Salvador Dali, Project for "Romeo and Juliet", 1942, oil on canvas.
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George Condo, Widow’s Watch, 1995, oil on canvas.
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Rene Magritte, L'explication, 1952, oil on canvas.
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Marc Chagall, L'exode du village au ciel vert, 1969, oil on canvas.
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Max Ernst, Le Cimetière des Oiseaux, 1927, oil on canvas.
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John Currin, Two Germans, 2014, oil on canvas.
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Elizabeth Peyton, Dreamt Baroque Masterworks, 2014, oil on board.
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