Women with the Hat (2011) by Hilary Harkness, via Mary Boone Gallery

Currently on view at Mary Boone Gallery on Fifth Avenue is an exhibition of new paintings by Hilary Harkness.  Renowned for use of Old Master techniques in combination with contemporary subject matter, in these new works Harkness further refines her skills and examines history, war, gender and the various sociocultural elements which continually shape present-day society.

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