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Christopher Green | Reading Modern Art

In our inaugural event for our new series, Reading Modern Art, Christopher Green, Emeritus Professor at the Courtauld Institute of Art, discusses his newest book, Cubism and Reality: Braque, Picasso, Gris (Bloomsbury, 2025), followed by a panel discussion with Neil Cox, Head of the Leonard A. Lauder Research Center for Modern Art and Harry Cooper, Bunny Mellon Curator of Modern Art at the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C.


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