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Galerie Lelong & Co., New York is pleased to participate in the 2024 edition of Independent New York with a solo presentation by Ficre Ghebreyesus featuring works created in 2004 in anticipation of and response to that year’s presidential election in the United States, as well as a selection of works that engage concurrent global headlines. Mirroring the news media that inspired them, these paintings are notable for their prominent incorporation of text. This presentation marks the public debut of most of the works on view, twenty years after their creation and in the midst of another …