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The Art Curious podcast is sponsored by Anchorlight. For more information about their programs

and residences, please visit

anchorlightrolly.com. All of this current season are not curious. I have been declaring that we

should search la femme. Find the woman. Find the woman who is there behind the scenes waiting in the wings.

The woman who has made a big difference in an artist's

life and career. The mother who sat patiently for her portrait to be painted. The widow who believed

in her brother-in-law's artwork. The gallerist who stood on the margins of society to promote the

work that she loved. And then, there are the collectors. Oftentimes art collectors end up making an artist career. Collectors

drive the value of artworks up and down. They urge others to purchase works or to avoid a particular

artist or style or exhibition altogether. And sometimes they help make art happen by encouraging

the right people at the right time.

In Paris at the beginning of the 20th century, there was one woman whose influence made a

big difference in the lives of several big-name artists. Some people think that visual art is dry, boring, lifeless.

But the stories behind those paintings, sculptures, drawings, and photographs are weirder,

more outrageous, or more fun than you can imagine.

In Art Curious Season 11, we're highlighting the lives and work of the women who supported

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