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Show will exhibit 18 works never shown before in the UK, and offer deeper insight into an often misunderstood artistAs soon as Georgia O’Keeffe was shown Ghost Ranch, she knew it was her place. The remote property in the shadow of the mountains north of Santa Fe in New Mexico would become the artist’s summer residence for decades – a setting that fascinated her, inspired several paintings and is where her ashes were scattered. “I knew the minute I got up here that this was where I would...

Show will exhibit 18 works never shown before in the UK, and offer deeper insight into an often misunderstood artist

As soon as Georgia O’Keeffe was shown Ghost Ranch, she knew it was her place.

The remote property in the shadow of the mountains north of Santa Fe in New Mexico would become the artist’s summer residence for decades – a setting that fascinated her, inspired several paintings and is where her ashes were scattered. “I knew the minute I got up here that this was where I would live,” she once said.

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