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Feb 24 May 17Daily @ MoMA The Museum of Modern ArtSouth African artist William Kentridge paints stark images of apartheid, colonialism, and totalitarianism. Through a wash of pastel and charcoal, he imbues each work with a powerful and uneasy ambivalence that catches beauty even in the darkest situations. This major retrospective features 100-plus works across a wide spectrum of media, with many of the animated films, drawings, prints, and theater models on display for the first time in the US. The Metropolitan Opera gallery also displays a large array of the creative sideways explorations he made during the run-up to the highly anticipated production of Shostakovich's The Nose....(read more)