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Hey there, listeners. As I mentioned last time on Art Curious, I am traveling this month, and so I

will be re-airing some older episodes for you to

enjoy here once again during the wait. In celebration of our recent Cherche la Femme season,

season 11, I have chosen three of my favorite episodes on female artists. Today, I am returning

with the story of Romaine Brooks, a one-of-a-kind painter with a truly

fascinating story.

So I hope you enjoy it, and I will be back with you soon.

Stay curious.

What exactly is avant-garde art?

What would you call the edgiest works being made now?

Or how about 100 years ago, during that

first chunk of the revolutionary 20th century? When many historians and lay people alike think

about avant-garde artists who were making and breaking art in the first part of our last century,

our minds go straight to people like Picasso, Duchamp, Malayevich, Kandinsky, and more.

People, mostly men, who were moving incessantly towards abstraction,

away from representing the world and the individuals surrounding them,

or at least not representing them in a realistic or naturalistic way.

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