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There is a lot that painting cannot do. Yet this exhibition brings together paintings that aspire to do something even as they acknowledge their own limits.

The title “Just Painting” refers to the casual contingencies of a thing in the world, but also asks whether an object can have ethical qualities or aspirations. Can paintings be generous, selfish, humble, jealous, patient, greedy, or kind? How do they coexist with each other? What might they teach us about how to live together in the world?

For the artists in this exhibition, work and life—how they make, what they make, and how they …