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The masterpiece Fisicromía Concavo-Convexa, by Venezuela's master of kinetic art Carlos Cruz-Diez, stands in Caracas' Plaza Venezuela, Venezuela, Tuesday, July 30, 2019. As the art world mourns the death of Cruz-Diez, in his home country many of his urban works are deteriorating and disintegrating, even as the government pays lip service to his art. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuela’s decline takes toll on late artist’s legacy

By FABIOLA SANCHEZ - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 10, 2008, file photo, Venezuelan artist Carlos Cruz-Diez talks about his Physichromie no. 500 in New York. Cruz-Diez, a leading Latin American avant-garde artist praised for his work with color, died Saturday, July 27, 2019, in Paris surrounded by his family, according to his official website. He was 95. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, file)

Cruz-Diez, Venezuelan pioneer of kinetic art, dies in Paris

By JORGE RUEDA and CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA - Associated Press