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Beyond the CanvasApr 13, 20202 min readFlashback no. 3: Robert Longo at Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow (19 October 2016)Discovery no. 1: Gorky Park is a name I used to associate with a spy movie from the 80s. Now I know where it is, it took me well over an...