"Each and every one is subtly disturbing without it being clear quite why."
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Michael Prodger in "The mysterious and unsettling pictures of Paula Rego" in The New Statesman (14 July 2021), quoted in The New York Times (15 June 2022).
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Paula Rego
Dame Maria Paula Figueiroa Rego (January 16 1935 - June 8 2022) was a Portuguese-British artist known for her work relating to storybooks, feminism, and the country of Portugal.
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