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Weekend Arts Roundup: It's all about family

by Anna Reed

December 10, 2015

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Charting Delacroix's influence
A graphic at the entrance of "Delacroix's Influence" charts how his ideas and techniques were adopted and advanced by the painters who followed him.
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MPR News Arts Reporter Marianne Combs joins Jade and Sean McPherson to talk about family-themed happenings in the local art world.

Here's the rundown:

Kevin Kling - Tales from the Charred Underbelly of the Yule Log — At the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, it's Kevin Kling's one-man-show about childhood memories, family traditions and holiday merriment.

Purple CloudMu Performing Arts presents this new play written by a local author about three generations of a Chinese-American family on a mythical journey, at Mixed Blood Theater.

Delacroix's Influence: The Rise of Modern Art from Cezanne to van Gogh — At the Minneapolis Institute of Art, this is an exhibit celebrating the influence of Eugene Delacroix, one of Europe's first modern masters.

Marianne Combs joins The Current's Morning Show for the Weekend Arts Roundup every Thursday at 8:30 a.m. Read all the latest arts news from MPR News.