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Museum Confidential

Edward Hopper Abides

Published January 11, 2024 at 3:43 PM CST
Museum Confidential: Season 8, Episode 8.
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Museum Confidential: Season 8, Episode 8.

Museum Confidential: Season 8, Episode 8.

On its first episode of 2024, MC chats with the co-directors of the acclaimed new PBS American Masters documentary about legendary New York painter, Edward Hopper. "Hopper: An American Love Story" pretty much has it all -- lonely people in spacious rooms, quiet city streets, moody buildings, muted seaside cottages and sand dunes, difficult inter-personal relationships, and plenty of secrets revealed.

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