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Sunday, May 6, 2007
 Through one gallery in France, Ambroise Vollard bought and sold some of the greatest masterpieces of modern art. Cézanne to Picasso: Ambroise Vollard, Patron of the Avant-Garde co-curators Gloria Groom and Douglas Druick join Edward for thoughtful discussion on these masterworks and their influence on art today.

Douglas Druick is Searle Curator of Medieval Art through Modern European Painting and Sculpture, and the Prince Trust Chairman of Prints and Drawings at the Art Institute of Chicago. Gloria Groom is David and Mary Winton Green Curator of 19th Century European Painting at the Art Institute of Chicago.





 
 
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Act 1: Ambroise Vollard  
Delve into the character of Ambroise Vollard, the French art dealer who brought together some of the greatest modern art masterpieces of all time.
Act 2: Art As Community  
Edward and curators Gloria Groom and David Druick ponder life's most important questions—Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? That is also the title of Paul Gauguin's masterpiece on display. 
Act 3: Rudolf Stingel  
Contributor Cherie Caswell Dost shares her take on the work of Rudolf Stingel now on display at the Museum of Contemporary Art.
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