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Name: Art
Rating: 4.5 (4 reviews)
Author: Yasmina Reza

📘 Art by Yasmina Reza

Serge purchases a modern painting for a considerable sum, sparking a conflict with Marc, who detests the work and feels betrayed. Yvan attempts, unsuccessfully, to mediate the dispute. The play explores how a single, unexpected choice can unravel tacit agreements in friendships and forces the characters—and the audience—to question whether identity is self‑determined or defined by others.

First publish date: 1996

Genre: Drama & Plays/Comedy Plays

Authors: Yasmina Reza

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