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The Studio as a Theater: Picasso and the Fourth Wall

A theater director looks at works Pablo Picasso made in his summer garage studio.

Anne Umland, Patricia McGregor

Oct 5, 2023

  • Anne Umland

    Former Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Senior Curator, Department of Painting and Sculpture
  • Patricia McGregor

    Director, writer, and artistic director, New York Theatre Workshop
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