Tag: manet

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• The Striped Posts: Manet's One Trip to Venice

  Published: 28 May, 2026

  • 11 min read

  Manet went to Venice once, in 1874, with his brother-in-law. He came back with two paintings of the Grand Canal and a pair of striped mooring posts.

• The Mirror That Does Not Work: Manet's Bar at the Folies-Bergere

  Published: 21 May, 2026

  • 11 min read

  Manet's last great painting, A Bar at the Folies-Bergere (1882), hides a mirror that does not work. Here is what is actually broken about it, and why.