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Voice of Fire
Voice of Fire is an acrylic on canvas abstract painting made by American painter Barnett Newman in 1967. It consists of three equally sized vertical stripes, with the outer two painted blue and the centre painted red. The work was created as a special commission for Expo 67. In 1987 it was loaned to the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
The purchase of "Voice of Fire" by the National Gallery of Canada for its permanent collection in 1989 at a cost of $
and Desh Pradesh artist/organizer, passes away in Toronto (Jun)
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- Sulaiman Mohammed, founding member of Atish passes away (Aug)
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