SculptureCenter will be closed for installation until Sep 17, 2025.

    SculptureCenter will be closed for installation until Sep 17, 2025.

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    Sun, Jun 11, 2006, 11am–6pm

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    A 7-hour performance of Erik Satie's famous composition Vexations (1893).

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