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February 26, 2002
ART REVIEW
Parisian Artworks, Not Always by Parisians
"LONDON — "Paris: Capital of the Arts 1900- 1968," at the Royal Academy of Art ... a hospitable and provocative encyclopedia, with 282 works on show."
"The terminal date for the show, 1968, works well for two reasons. One is that art and artists played their full part in the social upheavals that brought France almost to a halt in May 1968. The other is that 1968 also saw the arrival at the Grand Palais of a major exhibition of American art from 1948 to 1968. On these two events, much was to hinge." ... [more]
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