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Brice Marden "Dragons" 2000-2004 (© 2006 Brice Marden/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York)
Brice Marden talks about how his abstract paintings have evolved over the past 40 years. Then, we hear the true story of a chateau near Marseille that served as a safe house for intellectuals fleeing Nazis during WWII. Plus: Holocaust survivor Martin Gray joins us. And a new novel imagines the challenges a political dissident from China faces when he takes up a year-long artist’s residency in Los Angeles.
Brice Marden at MoMA
Brice Marden talks about how his abstract paintings--the subject of a retrospective at MoMA--have evolved over the last four decades.
A Safe House Near Marseille
France was a dangerous place for artists and intellectuals in the early 1940s—many faced arrest, deportation…even death at the hands of the Nazis. In Villa Air-Bel, Rosemary Sullivan tells the true story of a safe house near Marseille that gave refuge to Max Ernst, Marcel Duchamp, and many others.
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The Dissident
Nell Freudenberger's new novel The Dissident explores what happens when a Chinese political dissident takes up a year-long artist’s residency in Los Angeles.
Events: Nell Freudenberger will be speaking and signing books
Monday, October 30th at 7 pm
The Dissident is available for purchase at amazon.com
Events: Nell Freudenberger will be speaking and signing books
Monday, October 30th at 7 pm
Surviving the Holocaust
Holocaust survivor Martin Gray tells us about his escape from a concentration camp, and his efforts to rebuild his life, in For Those I Loved.
For Those I Loved is available for purchase at amazon.com
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