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Ten-year-old Mona and her beloved grandfather have only fifty-two Wednesdays to visit fifty-two works of art and commit to memory "all that is beautiful in the world" before Mona loses her sight forever.  Every Wednesday for a year, the pair abscond together and visit a single masterpiece in one of Paris's renowned museums. From Botticelli to Basquiat, Mona learns how each artist's work shaped the world around them.  In turn, the young girl's world is changed forever by the power of their art.

In this novel, young Mona learns of the beauty and power of art through experiencing numerous great works, but what makes a masterpiece a masterpiece? In this lecture, join Executive Director and Art Historian Preston Metcalf as he delineates the requisites of a masterpiece.