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February 12, 2025 - Sebastian Smee, Dale Stephanos, and Christina Tosi
Pulitzer Prize-winning art critic for The Washington Post, Sebastian Smee joins the Culture Show to talk about his new book, “Paris in Ruins,” which takes us to 19th century Paris, where the horrors of government corruption, civil war, and rampant destruction were beyond brutal. Smee also details how it created a generation of artists who responded to the despair by using vivid colors and swift brushstrokes to create beauty and brilliance. It led, he writes, to Impressionism.
From there, a golden opportunity for illustrator Dale Stephanos: designing the Betty White Postage Stamp. He joins The…
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