A Most Anticipated Book of Spring 2025
“Sisters Anne and Claire Berest’s 2017 novel, newly translated from the original French by Tina Kover, offers a mostly true account of the life of their late great-grandmother Gabriële Buffet-Picabia, an accomplished French musician-turned-art critic, and the love affair that started an art revolution. Set at the height of the Belle Époque, Gabriële centers around the authors’ titular relative and her relationships with her husband, Spanish painter Francis Picabia, and her lover, Marcel Duchamp, one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. The book acts as a loving tribute to an important figure of the avant garde art movement who was nearly forgotten to history.”
Read the full article in TIME Magazine.
