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Betty Cuningham’s exhibition of Rackstraw Downes’s drawings includes more than 20 small, luminous sketches of his studio’s interior, nearly all dating from 2020.

Rackstraw Downes, 'In the Artist’s Studio XVII,' 2020, graphite on cream paper. Via Betty Cuningham Gallery

Mr. Goodrich is a painter, teacher and writer on art who lives in the New York City area. He shows at Bowery Gallery and has written for the New York Sun, artcritical.com, Hyperallergic.com and other publications.

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