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Professor Pepe Karmel waits to start his lecture on Cubism in front of a full bookcase.
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Essential Cubism: The Missing Chapters
New York University Professor Pepe Karmel explores the evolution of Cubism and its continuing influence in the art world.
Pepe Karmel
December 16, 2021
Cover of the book Company I Keep by Leonard Lauder with Leonard Lauder in a suit.
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The Company I Keep: An Evening with Leonard A. Lauder | MetSpeaks
Join Leonard A. Lauder as he reflects on his deep connection with museums, the arts, and New York City in a conversation with Met Director Max Hollein.
January 28, 2021
Oil painting of nude woman sitting on a stool holding a cloth between her bent legs with a dark green background
Pablo Picasso's Seated Female Nude, Winter 1908
Discover Picasso’s walk through the Jardin des Plantes, and his encounter with Oceanic sculpture at the Musée d’histoire naturelle, that inspired a 1908 painting.
Philippe Peltier and Samuel Bronowski
October 28, 2019
Inside spread of a catalogue from the First International Dada Fair in 1920 featuring a Dada painting.
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Cubism Under Dada Scrutiny
Leonard A. Lauder Distinguished Scholar Adrian Sudhalter reflects on the achievements of Dada and how Dada and photography critique Cubism.
Adrian Sudhalter
December 13, 2018
Oil and charcoal painting of brown-toned cubist take on a bar or café interior with the tall shape at the center identified as a bottle of “Marc Vieux” brandy
Georges Braque's Bottle of Marc Vieux, 1912
Conservators explain the artist’s process for creating his oil and charcoal painting, Bottle of Marc Vieux.
Isabelle Duvernois
October 29, 2018
Pablo Picasso's Faun with a Kid (1895-6) and Seated Nude (1895-6).
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Learning to See Again: Picasso's Cubism Before Collage
Professor of Art History Christopher Green discusses Picasso’s foray into Cubism before his invention of collage primarily through his figure drawings.
Christopher Gorman
April 10, 2018
Oil painting of a village of cones, cylinders and cubes with mostly blue, white, and red shapes in the center and more green and yellow shapes on the outskirts
Fernand Léger's The Village, 1914
Take a closer look at Fernand Léger’s colorful early composition, The Village, created using oil paint on burlap canvas.
Isabelle Duvernois
October 24, 2016
Georges Braque's Cubist painting Violin and Clarinet beside a 1915 to 1916 photograph of Vincenc Kramář in uniform.
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Symposium—Charting Cubism across Central and Eastern Europe, Part 2
Lehigh University Assistant Professor Nicholas Sawicki discusses the Czech reception of synthetic Cubism in the works of Picasso, Braque, and Kramář.
Nicholas Sawicki
February 14, 2015
Lecturer Myroslava M. Mudrak presenting with an image of "Portrait of a Woman" by Oleksa Hryshchenko.
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Symposium—Charting Cubism across Central and Eastern Europe, Part 3
The Ohio State University Professor Myroslava M. Mudrak discusses the relations between Cubism and Byzantine icons and the crisis of Cubism.
Myroslava Mudrak
February 14, 2015
Soviet cartoon depicting an older woman worshipping a religious idol and a younger man worshipping modern art.
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Symposium—Charting Cubism across Central and Eastern Europe, Part 4
Jacobs University Bremen PhD Candidate Kirill Chunikhin discusses Cubism and Soviet art criticism during the Cold War.
Kirill Chunikhin
February 14, 2015