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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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Review of ‘Luncheons on the Grass’

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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