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Show reveals why John Singer Sargent's art remains relevant

Season 2023 Episode 344 | 5m 47s

The great painter John Singer Sargent, an American expat, is the subject of a new show at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts. It reveals much about his methods and why his work remains relevant more than a hundred years later. Special correspondent Jared Bowen of GBH Boston reports for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.

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