Julie Green, who painted plates with the last meals of death row inmates, has died

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Julie Green’s The Last Supper is currently on view at the Bellevue Arts Museum in Bellevue, Wash. There are 800 plates in the exhibit.





Emilie Smith, Bellevue Arts Museum



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Emilie Smith, Bellevue Arts Museum





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Julie Green’s The Last Supper is currently on view at the Bellevue Arts Museum in Bellevue, WA, with 800 plates in the exhibit.





Emilie Smith, Bellevue Arts Museum



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Emilie Smith, Bellevue Arts Museum



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Art Series Captures Taste And Color Of Prisoners’ First Meal After Exoneration

Green later started a related project called First Meal, painting what inmates who were exonerated and released from prison ate for their first meal after being released.

• death row


• last supper