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Wen Tao

Wen Tao is an artist and writer based in New York City.



Paul Fägerskiöld: Flatlands

by Wen Tao

| ArtSeen

In Edwin Abbott’s 1884 novella Flatland, Mr. A Square, living in a two-dimensional plane, has an oracular vision when a three-dimensional sphere intercepts his world.

Louis Fratino: Come Softly to Me

by Wen Tao

| ArtSeen

Louis Fratino lavishes art-historical quotations on doe-eyed, love-besotted young men in his jewel-like oil paintings with the same easy generosity as spring magnolias currently give off their perfume.

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