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Luncheons on the Grass

The illuminating Luncheons on the Grass asks 30 artists to create new works inspired by Manet’s eponymous masterpiece.

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Edouard Manet’s Le Déjeuner Sur L'Herbe, or Luncheon on the Grass, is often called the first modern painting, and the paintings compiled in Luncheons on the Grass: Reimagining Manet's Le Déjeuner Sur L'Herbe are like a time machine connecting modern and contemporary art. The 1863 painting, which is in the collection of…

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