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Høegh's art can be found on many public buildings in
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As a member of the international artist group "Art for Life" Høegh is cooperating with eleven other artists to produce the world's largest painting in Spain. The painting's projected size is 24.644 square meters.
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271:"Aka Høegh har fået tildelt Nersornaat i sølv"
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