Opening Week, the Far Wall

The Vernissage

A rooster in a charcoal wool suit standing alone at the far edge of a white-walled contemporary art gallery, arms crossed, a large abstract canvas behind him, evening crowd in soft focus at a distance

The institution opened on Thursday; the work, by his reckoning, had been open considerably longer. He took the far position in the room — the one that belongs, in any gallery, to those not interested in being seen looking — and gave it the time it merited. The guest book was still open when he left.

6 March 2026

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