Maurizio Cattelan: NIGHT
Cattelan meets the glass hall of the Neue Nationalgalerie. A major exhibition that gives the building itself a role in the encounter.
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Cattelan meets the glass hall of the Neue Nationalgalerie. A major exhibition that gives the building itself a role in the encounter.
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