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Monotone-Silence Symphony by Yves Klein is the Daily Pic by Blake Gopnik

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The Daily Pic: Yves Klein's one-chord symphony, and 20-minute silence, outdoes his own abstractions.

Blake Gopnik
Blake Gopnik
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(© Yves Klein, Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris 2013 / Courtesy Dominique Lévy, New York)
Blake Gopnik

Blake Gopnik

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