Tuning Up: Pardon our French, but…

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“Tuning Up” is a morning post series where The Hub delivers curated, quick-hit arts stories of interest to readers. Sometimes there will be one story, sometimes there will be several. Get in tune now, and have a masterpiece of a day. And now, in no particular order…


Works by French masters on exhibit in Columbia

French Moderns: Monet to Matisse, 1850-1950 opens Saturday at Columbia Museum of Art.

According to CMA materials, it “showcases more than 50 works from the distinguished Brooklyn Museum collection, encompassing the key avant-garde movements that emerged in and around Paris during this period. Realism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Symbolism, Fauvism, Cubism, and Surrealism are represented in remarkable examples by the era’s leading artists, including Paul Cézanne, Marc Chagall, Camille Corot, Edgar Degas, Henri Matisse, Claude Monet, Berthe Morisot, and more.”

French Moderns is on exhibit through Jan. 5, 2025. It was organized by Lisa Small, senior curator of European art; and Richard Aste, former curator of European Art; both of Brooklyn Museum.

Don’t mind us, but we’re off to start streaming accordion music.


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