{"id":111529,"date":"2017-06-05T16:17:26","date_gmt":"2017-06-05T20:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=111529"},"modified":"2025-01-22T10:33:58","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T15:33:58","slug":"happy-dark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2017\/06\/05\/happy-dark\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Dark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Images have been removed from this article for rights reasons.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/interstateprojects.org\/index.php?\/the-fates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Happy Dark<\/a>,\u201d an exhibition of paintings and drawings by Maren Karlson, is at Brooklyn\u2019s Interstate Projects through June 18. 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