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Five One Liners

by Claudia La Rocco

1. Pollock, de Kooning et al at the Jewish Museum:

All the giants are here, sleeping (wide awake)—is that Frank O. sneaking ciggies out back?

2. Murakami at the Brooklyn Museum:

If the Rail paid better I could afford one of these bags.

3. Courbet at the Met:

O desperate, brilliant Sensualist; O headphoned, docile Masses; O Smut!

4. Flavin at Zwirner & Wirth:

Rainy Tuesday morning, new leaves shivering, Björk’s “Possibly Maybe”: Pink vertical, sideways green, diagonal ecstasy.

5. Hirst at the Met:

Claudia La Rocco is a writer. She lives in Brooklyn.