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Taryn Simon on the Limits of What We Can Know
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Taryn Simon on the Limits of What We Can Know

The artist discusses “Father Country I Do Love You,” her stranger-than-fiction exhibition on view at the Guggenheim Museum (through March 14, 2027); the impossibility of ever fully knowing another person; and how photography can serve as an act of love.

Presented by: L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts
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