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Devan Shimoyama: The Barbershop Project
Cultural DC 22 May 2025 Opening May 22 5-8PM | 901 G Street NW Mobile Art Gallery CulturalDC is proud to bring The Barbershop Project back to Washington, DC - this time in the heart... Read more -
Mickalene Thomas: Debuts Installation at NYC Health & Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health
22 May 2025 Located in the lobby of the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hospital, the mosaic includes images of the late Supreme Court Justice's favorite flowers: freesias and white hydrangeas This is the twelfth... Read more -
EXPO Chicago: Private Event
KAVI GUPTA | ELIZABETH ST. 25 Apr 2025 Kavi Gupta invites select clients to join us after hours Friday, April 25th at Kavi Gupta | Elizabeth St. for an exclusive event held in conjunction with EXPO Chicago. We... Read more -
Opening Reception Mapping Resistance: The Legacy of Black Liberation (1925-1975)
KAVI GUPTA | WASHINGTON BLVD. FL.1 25 Apr 2025 Join us for the opening reception of Mapping Resistance: The Legacy of Black Liberation (1925-1975) at Kavi Gupta Washington Blvd. Fl.1 featuring director-led tours and refreshments to celebrate the opening... Read more -
Opening Reception: Matter of Fact: Material as a Political Act
KAVI GUPTA | WASHINGTON BLVD. FL.2 25 Apr 2025 Join us for the opening reception of Matter of Fact: Material as a Political Act featuring director-led tours and refreshments to celebrate the opening of our Spring exhibitions. From our... Read more -
Devan Shimoyama: Artist Lecture
Mcknight Art Center 3 Mar 2025 Over a hundred people gathered in the McKnight Art Center on Thursday night to listen to Devan Shimoyama talk about some of his recent projects. In these projects, Shimoyama uses... Read more -
EXPO Chicago: CXW
KAVI GUPTA | WASHINGTON BLVD. 4 - 6 Oct 2024 Join Kavi Gupta October 4th-6th for Chicago Exhibition Weekend, Powered by Gertie and EXPO Chicago. Stop by Kavi Gupta Washington Blvd. between 4-7 pm on Friday October 4th for extended... Read more -
Closing Reception: Our Lives Story Telling
KAVI GUPTA | WASHINGTON BLVD. Fl.1 4 Oct 2024 Join Kavi Gupta October 4th to celebrate the closing of Devan Shimoyama and Tomokazu Matsuyama's Our Lives Story Telling. Featuring an open bar from 6pm-11pm, and director-led tours of the... Read more -
Willie Cole: Descending the Staircase
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago 20 Jul 2024 Artist Willie Cole, whose work is currently on view in Descending the Staircase, discusses his practice of assembling everyday consumer products into surreal forms. Cole is joined in dialogue by... Read more -
Alfred Conteh: Access for All
Peoria Riverfront Museum 9 Jun 2024 Join Peoria Riverfront Museum, Sunday, June 9, 2024 as nationally renowned artist Alfred Conteh returns to unveil his first ever piece based on a subject outside of his hometown of... Read more -
Willie Cole: Syncretism and Sustainability
National Academy of Design 25 Apr 2024 Sites of Impermanence artists Sanford Biggers, Willie Cole, and Mel Kendrick will participate in a moderated discussion about formal innovation through the use and reuse of materials, hybridity, and the... Read more -
EXPO Chicago: Art After Hours
KAVI GUPTA | WASHINGTON BLVD. 12 Apr 2024 Join Kavi Gupta Gallery Friday, April 12 for Expo Art After Hours Powered by Gertie. Stop by Kavi Gupta Washington Blvd. between 4-8 pm for an open bar, a custom... Read more -
Opening Reception: Our Lives Story Telling
KAVI GUPTA | WASHINGTON BLVD. Fl.1 12 Apr 2024 Join Kavi Gupta April 12th for the opening reception of Devan Shimoyama and Tomokazu Matsuyama's Our Lives Story Telling. Featuring an open bar, custom cocktail menu from 6pm-11pm, and director-led... Read more -
AFRICOBRA: Black Visions, Black Voices and the Power of Black Art
Case Western Reserve University 9 Apr 2024 Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to join the Siegal Lifelong Learning Program for a two-session remote program titled 'Black Visions, Black Voices and the Power... Read more -
Arghavan Khosravi: In Conversation
Newport Art Museum 27 Mar 2024 Join Newport Art Museum for an illuminating conversation with exhibiting artists Arghavan Khosravi and Minoo Emami , Dr. Francine Weiss , the Museum’s Director of Curatorial Affairs & Chief Curator,... Read more -
Miya Ando: Clouds and Mono no aware (The transience of things)
Detroit Institute of Arts 7 Mar 2024 Miya Ando discusses her Cloud series of artworks from their genesis - arising from her earlier Hamon paintings (referring to a cloud-like pattern on the edge of a sword) -... Read more -
Opening Reception: Willie Cole, The B-Sides: 1989-2022
18 Nov 2023 Join us at Kavi Gupta | Washington Blvd. on Saturday, November 18 from 4–7 PM for the opening reception of The B-Sides: 1989-2022 , a solo exhibition surveying the career... Read more -
Opening Reception: Nikko Washington, For the Old Gods and the New
KAVI GUPTA | WASHINGTON BLVD. FL. 2 28 Oct 2023 Join us at Kavi Gupta | Washington Blvd. on Saturday, October 28 from 4–7 PM for the opening reception of For the Old Gods and the New , a solo... Read more -
Sky Dances Light: Acosia Red Elk
Kavi Gupta | Washington Blvd. Fl. 1 12 Aug 2023 Kavi Gupta invites you to experience the beauty, dynamism and healing energy of traditional Indigenous Jingle Dance with a special performance by Acosia Red Elk at Kavi Gupta | Washington... Read more -
Opening Reception: Marie Watt: Sky Dances Light
KAVI GUPTA | WASHINGTON BLVD. FL. 1 10 Jun - 30 Sep 2023 Join us at Kavi Gupta | Washington Blvd on Saturday, June 10th from 4–7 PM for the opening reception of Sky Dances Light , a solo exhibition of new works... Read more -
Online Artist Talk with Manuel Mathieu
The Gardiner Museum 8 Jun 2023 As part of the International Ceramic Art Fair, join exhibiting artist Manuel Mathieu, represented by Galerie Hugues Charbonneau, for an online conversation about his practice with Gardiner Museum Chief Curator,... Read more -
Tony Tasset Book Event at The MCA
25 Apr 2023 Tony Tasset's recently published book, Tony Tasset . This comprehensive overview showcases the artist's work spanning from the early 1980s to the present day, featuring over 200 reproductions of Tasset's... Read more -
Opening Reception: Allana Clarke, I Feel Everything
Kavi Gupta | Washington Blvd. Fl. 1 14 Apr 2023 Join us at Kavi Gupta | Washington Blvd on Friday, April 14 from 7–9 PM for the opening reception of I Feel Everything , an exhibition of new sculptural paintings... Read more -
Opening Reception: Esmaa Mohamoud, Let Them Consume Me In The Light
Kavi Gupta | Elizabeth St. Fl. 1 14 Apr 2023 Join us at Kavi Gupta | Elizabeth St. on Friday, April 14 from 7–9 PM for the opening reception of Let Them Consume Me In The Light , an exhibition... Read more -
Gallery Talk: Jeffrey Gibson’s American Indian Abstract: Reclaiming Indigenous Art History
7:00–8:00 p.m. 13 Apr 2023 Presented by Daniel H. Usner, PhD To what extent is Jeffrey Gibson’s work seen in The Body Electric influenced by aesthetic styles and historical subjects rooted in Native American expressive... Read more -
2 Fronts: An Evening with Alfred Conteh
4182 Forsyth Road Macon, GA 31210 5 Apr 2023 Join us for a lecture and gallery talk with artist, Alfred Conteh, which complements the exhibit on view, 2 FRONTS. This event is FREE and is sponsored by the MAS... Read more -
Esmaa Mohamoud: Override | A Billboard Project
EXPO CHICAGO 3 - 23 Apr 2023 OVERRIDE | A Billboard Project is a citywide collaborative public art initiative between EXPO CHICAGO and the City of Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) in collaboration... Read more -
Manuel Mathieu's World Premier of Pendulum Film
Canada, Outremont Theater and The Museum of Fine-Arts Québec 14 - 22 Mar 2023 The first short film by Haitian multidisciplinary artist Manuel Mathieu, Pendulum evokes the search for a balance between the past and the uncertain future of black peoples. A woman keeper... Read more -
WILLIE COLE GUEST SPEAKER AT THE INAUGURAL ART LECTURE SERIES
Located at 3402 Old Omen Road in Tyler 3 Mar 2023 The University of Texas at Tyler has announced that renowned New Jersey-based artist Willie Cole is the inaugural guest speaker for the UT Tyler Department of Art and Art History... Read more -
In Conversation | Alfred Conteh & Danny Dunson
KAVI GUPTA | WASHINGTON BLVD. FL 2 Mar 2023 In celebration of the closing of Alfred Conteh’s solo exhibition, It Is What It Is , at Kavi Gupta | Washington Blvd., Conteh will be joined by Danny Dunson, Director... Read more -
Jeffrey Gibson's: Copland Dance Episodes
New York 26 Jan - 16 May 2023 UNIFYING THE VISUAL ARTS, MUSIC, AND DANCE, JUSTIN PECK CREATES HIS FIRST FULL-EVENING WORK After choreographing 22 works for New York City Ballet since 2012, Resident Choreographer Justin Peck creates... Read more -
Opening Reception: Alfred Conteh, It Is What It Is
Kavi Gupta | Washington Blvd Fl. 1 19 Nov 2022 Join us at Kavi Gupta | Washington Blvd on Saturday, November 19 from 4–7 PM for the opening reception of It Is What It Is , a solo exhibition of... Read more -
James Little in Duke Ellington’s Sacred Concerts
New York Choral Society 18 - 19 Nov 2022 The New York Choral Society presents a historic staging of Duke Ellington’s Sacred Concerts . This music is the most important thing I’ve ever done or am ever likely to... Read more -
Art Collaboration Kyoto 2022 | With KOTARO NUKAGA
Kyoto, Japan 18 - 20 Nov 2022 VIP PREVIEW Thursday, November 17 OPENING HOURS Friday, November 18 | 12 PM–7 PM Saturday, November 19 | 12 PM–7 PM Sunday, November 20 | 12 PM–5 PM Booth C05... Read more -
Exhibition Walkthrough | Alfred Conteh, It Is What It Is
Kavi Gupta | Washington Blvd. Fl. 1 17 Nov 2022 Join Kavi Gupta, Gertie Chicago, and EXPO Chicago for a behind the scenes sneak peak of Alfred Conteh’s highly anticipated solo exhibition, It Is What It Is, at Kavi Gupta... Read more -
Jeffrey Gibson | Museum of Arts and Design Gala
Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY 14 Nov 2022 On Monday, November 14, beginning at 5:30 pm, the Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) will hold its annual MAD Ball gala at the Museum’s home at 2 Columbus Circle,... Read more -
Opening Reception: James Little, Black Stars & White Paintings
Kavi Gupta | Elizabeth St. Fl. 1 12 Nov 2022 Join Kavi Gupta | Elizabeth St. on Saturday, November 12 from 4–7 PM for the opening reception of Black Stars & White Paintings , the highly anticipated solo exhibition of... Read more -
Conversation with Deborah Kass & Jordana Pomeroy
Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, Miami, FL 5 Nov 2022 To honor the closing of Tesoro: Pepe Mar's Love Letter to the Frost at the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, artist Deborah Kass will be joinging the museum virtually... Read more -
OY/YO | Conversation with Deborah Kass and Thom Collins
Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History, Philadelphia, PA 27 Oct 2022 After several months and thousands of selfies since the installation of the monumental OY/YO sculpture at The Weitzman, the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History os excited to welcome... Read more -
at home: Artists in Conversation | Michael Joo
Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT 21 Oct 2022 Join the Yale Center for British Art for a virtual conversation with Michael Joo (Yale MFA 1991). at home: Artists in Conversation brings together curators and artists to discuss various... Read more -
Opening Reception: Su Su, From Your Special Friend
Kavi Gupta | Washington Blvd. Fl. 1 24 Sep 2022 Join us for a reception Saturday, September 24th from 4-7 pm to celebrate the opening of the solo exhibition, From Your Special by Chinese-born, Pittsburgh-based artst Su Su. This celebration... Read more -
Opening Reception: Miya Ando, Kumoji (Cloud Path / A Road Traversed By Birds And The Moon
Kavi Gupta | Washington Blvd. Fl. 2 24 Sep 2022 Join us for a reception Saturday, September 24th from 4-7 pm to celebrate the opening of the solo exhibition, Kumoji (Cloud Path / A Road Traversed By Birds And The... Read more -
Celebrating Tomokazu Matsuyama's Dancer | Armory Off-Site
Tomokazu Matsuyama Studio, Brooklyn, NY 7 Sep 2022 On Wednesday, September 7th, Kavi Gupta and Tomokazu Matsuyama hosted an intimate gathering featuring rare wine, speciality craft cocktails, and light bites in celebration of the debut of Matsuyama’s public... Read more -
Guest Faculty Lecture: Michi Meko and Shahzia Sikander
Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO 21 Aug 2022 On Sunday, August 21st, Anderson Ranch Arts Center will present a guest faculty lecture featuring arists Michi Meko & Shahzia Sikander. Sunday and Tuesday evenings, This 60-minute insightful talk will... Read more -
The Fight for Haiti
Executive Producer: Manuel Mathieu 19 Aug 2022 The Fight for Haiti is a feature length documentary film that explores the direct impact corruption and impunity has had on the lives of Haitian citizens and gives frontline movement... Read more -
Arghavan Khosravi: ART FOR CHANGE x Planned Parenthood of Greater New York
ART FOR CHANGE 15 Aug 2022 ART FOR CHANGE is pleased to announce three upcoming releases starting Monday, August 15th , benefiting Planned Parenthood of Greater New York. The contentious, landmark decision on June 24, 2022... Read more -
ROGER BROWN AND MIESIAN METROPOLITANISM
Chicago Architecture Center, Chicago, IL 11 Aug 2022 Midcentury art and architecture are too often studied separately. In the case of Roger Brown and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, the cultural influences and societal undercurrents acting on these... Read more -
Celebrating Mickalene Thomas
9 Aug 2022 On Tuesday, August 9th, Kavi Gupta hosted an intimate rooftop cocktail party featuring rare wine, champagne, and light bites in celebration of Mickalene Thomas. Mickalene Thomas is one of the... Read more -
ArtCrush 2022
Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO 5 Aug 2022 Jeffrey Gibson, Double Fortune , 2022 (detail). Printed cotton canvas, lyrca fabric, cotton thread, nylon thread, holographic vinyl fabric, acrylic felt, sculpting wire, acrylic druzy beads, 64 x 55 x... Read more -
Jeffrey Gibson: THE SPIRITS ARE LAUGHING
Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO 3 Aug 2022 Jeffrey Gibson presents THE SPIRITS ARE LAUGHING , an ambitious flag twirling and speaking performance at Anderson Park Meadow at the Aspen Institute. The live piece incorporates a group of... Read more -
Kavi Gupta x Cultured x Aspen Art Museum Host an Art-Filled Luncheon to Kick Off ArtCrush
2 Aug 2022 To kick off the annual week of collecting, gallery hopping and fundraising timed to the Aspen Art Museum’s ArtCrush benefit gala, an accomplished group of art world figures, aficionados and... Read more -
In Conversation: Michi Meko and Key Jo Lee
16 Jul 2022 In celebration of the success of Dark was the Night, Cold was the Ground , Kavi Gupta’s ongoing solo exhibition with Joan Mitchell Foundation Grantee, Artadia Award winner, and Hudgens... Read more -
Mickalene Thomas: The Glass House 15th Anniversary Summer Party
11 Jun 2022 Mickalene Thomas | The Glass House 15th Anniversary Summer Party Saturday, June 11 at 12 pm Photo by Michael Biondo. After a two-year hiatus, The Glass House will host a... Read more -
Opening Reception: Sherman Beck
4 Jun 2022 Join us for a reception on Saturday, June 4, from 5-7 pm to celebrate the opening of the solo retrospective of paintings by Sherman Beck, original member of the historic... Read more -
Opening Reception: Michi Meko, Dark was the Night, Cold was the Ground
4 Jun 2022 Join us for a reception Saturday, June 4 from 5-7 pm to celebrate the opening of the solo exhibition, Dark was the Night, Cold was the Ground , and catalogue... Read more -
In Conversation | Devan Shimoyama & Alisa Sikelianos-Carter with Rikki Byrd
26 May 2022 Kavi Gupta presents an evening of conversation between artists Devan Shimoyama and Alisa Sikelianos-Carter, and writer, educator and curator Rikki Byrd. Centering the topics of transformation, self-reflection, and mysticism, the... Read more -
Reclaiming Narratives: Jeffrey Gibson and Nani Chacon in Conversation
SITE Santa Fe 8 May 2022 Exhibiting artists Nani Chacon and Jeffrey Gibson will take the stage for a conversation about shared themes in their work, moderated by curator Brandee Caoba and SITE Santa Fe Director... Read more -
My Life in Art: Jeffrey Gibson and Jaune Quick-To-See Smith
SITE Santa Fe 7 May 2022 As part of SITE Santa Fe’s opening weekend for the exhibition of Jeffrey Gibson: The Body Electric , Gibson will take the stage for a My Life in Art Talk... Read more -
Mickalene Thomas: It Must Be Now!— Advancing Social Justice Actions Through Music and Media
MIT Center for Art, Science & Technology and MIT Music and Theater Arts. 7 May 2022 Three compositions on themes of racial injustice and healing will premiere, bringing together all performers of the It Must Be Now! (IMBN!) initiative. This unique immersive music and multimedia event... Read more -
Beverly Fishman Artist Talk
The Contemporary Dayton, Dayton OH 5 May 2022 THE DR. ROBERT L. BRANDT, JR. GALLERY Join Beverly Fishman for an artist talk at the Contemporary Dayton on Thursday, May 5 at 6:30 PM. Event will be in person... Read more -
Creative Conversations: Jeffrey Gibson and Dyani White Hawk
28 Apr 2022 Join the Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto on Thursday, April 28th from 7-8 PM EST for an online conversation featuring exhibiting artist, Jeffrey Gibson , and contemporary artist and curator,... Read more -
Devan Shimoyama | Curator and Artist Talk at MoAD
Museum of African Diaspora 28 Apr 2022 Join MoAD for a Curator and Artist Talk in celebration of MoAD's current exhibition Elegies: Still Lifes in Contemporary Art . Join Elegies curator Monique Long and artists Sadie Barnette... Read more -
Beverly Fishman Artist-led Exhibition Walkthrough: FEELS LIKE LOVE
9 Apr 2022 On Saturday, April 9th at 2:00 PM Kavi Gupta hosted Beverly Fishman in an artist-led exhibition walkthrough. Beverly Fishman’s luminescent, geometric relief paintings beguile the eyes. Join the Anonymous Was... Read more -
Arghavan Khosravi Artist-led Exhibition Walkthrough: The Witness
9 Apr 2022 On Saturday, April 9th at 1:00 PM Kavi Gupta will hosted Arghavan Khosravi in an artist-led exhibition walkthrough. Khosravi’s practice takes a conscious look at how values are transmitted and... Read more -
AFRICOBRA in Conversation with Hans Ulrich Obrist at EXPO Chicago
8 Apr 2022 AFRICOBRA in Conversation at EXPO Chicago On Friday April 8 at 12 PM, as part of EXPO/DIALOGUES, internationally renowned Curator and Director at Serpentine Galleries, London, Hans Ulrich Obrist will... Read more -
Opening Receptions: Devan Shimoyama and Alisa Sikelianos-Carter
8 Apr 2022 On Friday, April 8, 2022 Kavi Gutpa Gallery celebrated the openings of two major solo exhibitions, Devan Shimoyama: A Counterfeit Gift Wrapped in Fire and Alisa Sikelianos-Carter: Stars Are Born... Read more -
Opening Reception: Africobra, I Am Somebody
The Peninsula Hotel 8 Apr 2022 On Friday, April 8, Kavi Gupta Gallery and EXPO Chicago celebrated the opening reception of I Am Somebody, featuring works by AFRICOBRA artists Sherman Beck, Jeff Donaldson, Jae Jerrell, Wadsworth... Read more -
Devan Shimoyama in Conversation & Book Signing at EXPO Chicago
7 Apr 2022 In town for the opening of his latest solo exhibition, A Counterfeit Gift Wrapped in Fire, opening Friday April 8 at Kavi Gupta | Elizabeth St., acclaimed visual artist Devan... Read more -
Opening Receptions: Beverly Fishman and Arghavan Khosravi
6 Apr 2022 On Wednesday, April 6, 2022 Kavi Gupta Gallery celebrated the openings of two major solo exhibitions, Beverly Fishman: FEELS LIKE LOVE and Arghavan Khosravi: The Witness at Kavi Gupta |... Read more -
Kennedy Yanko : Wellbeing Culture Symposium | Hildegard Von Bingen
THERME ART 2 Apr 2022 'I think pushing things down inside of ourselves is the mucus of humanity. That is where things come together and get stuck, so that there is no longer any movement... Read more -
Celebrating James Little at the Whitney Biennial
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In Conversation | Tomokazu Matsuyama, Yi Cao, Maritza Lacayo, and Phillip Barcio
11 Mar 2022 Kavi Gupta presents a conversation with Japanese-born, New York-based artist Tomokazu Matsuyama on the occasion of the closing of his critically acclaimed solo exhibition The Best Part About Us. Matsuyama... Read more -
SÉANCE an Evening of Performances Hosted by Jeffrey Gibson and Ále Campos in Celebration of Beyond the Horizon
Kavi Gupta | 219 N Elizabeth St. 17 Dec 2021 Kavi Gupta presents SÉANCE, an evening of music, art, performance and community in celebration of Jeffrey Gibson’s stunning solo exhibition Beyond the Horizon , hosted by Gibson and multi-disciplinary artist... Read more -
Kavi Gupta Pop-Up Exhibition in Palm Beach
Part of the Arts & Conversations Series 7 - 21 Dec 2021 Presenting a Kavi Gupta Pop-Up Exhibition in Palm Beach December 7 – December 27, 2021 1608 S Dixie Highway, West Palm Beach Register for appointments at www.artsandconversations.com Kavi Gupta is... Read more -
Art Collaboration Kyoto 2021
5 - 7 Nov 2021 Art Collaboration Kyoto Executive Committee Establishment Prospectus Since ancient times, Kyoto's cultural arts have developed as the basis of various economic and social activities while being linked to people's lives... Read more -
Examining America’s Caste System | Alfred Conteh As Curator
10 Aug - 7 Sep 2021 Kavi Gupta is proud to announce the opening of Know Your Place: An examination of America's Caste System , a group exhibition hosted by Hook Art, curated by critically acclaimed,... Read more -
In Conversation: Mary Sibande & Lanisa Kitchiner Ph.D.
24 Jul 2021 Kavi Gupta is pleased to present the next edition of In Conversation, featuring renowned South African artist Mary Sibande and Lanisa Kitchiner Ph.D. , chief of the African and Middle... Read more -
Deborah Kass Featured in Hook OVR: Desire/Aspiration/Love/Rejection
18 - 25 Jun 2021 In an article on Flash Art last December, art historian and curator William J. Simmons conveyed the power of Pop Culture by connecting his relationship with Kurt and Blaine, the... Read more -
In Conversation | Manuel Mathieu & Pamela Joyner
Saturday, May 8, 3pm CST on Zoom 8 May 2021 A central strand of Frieze New York 2021 programming is the Tribute to the Vision & Justice Project and its founder, Sarah Elizabeth Lewis (Associate Professor at Harvard University). The... Read more -
Toward an Anti-Racist Art Ecosystem in Chicago
28 Apr 2021 Join the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) for the first of three dialogues on how to build an anti-racist art ecosystem. This first event will focus on... Read more
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