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Join us for a book talk with Lilianne Milgrom about her new novel, L’Origine: The secret life of the world’s most erotic masterpiece

Lilianne Milgrom brings a fresh, feminine perspective to Gustave Courbet’s infamous and contentious portrait of a woman’s exposed torso and sex entitled L’Origine du monde (The Origin of the World), a painting that has drawn millions of visitors to Paris’ Orsay Museum. L’Origine traces the extraordinary, clandestine odyssey of this iconic nineteenth-century painting that shook up the author’s world and continues to scandalize all who set eyes upon it. But L’Origine offers readers more than a riveting romp through history–it also reflects upon society’s complex attitude towards female nudity.

Born in Paris, Lilianne Milgrom grew up in Australia and now resides in the United States. She is an artist, author and published writer on the arts. She is the recipient of multiple awards and residencies. Her paintings can be found in both private and institutional collections around the world and her articles have appeared in publications such as the Huffington Post, Bonjour Paris, Inspirelle, Ceramics Monthly and Daily Art Magazine. In 2020 she released her first novel, L’Origine: The secret life of the world’s most erotic masterpiece (Little French Girl Press, 2020) receiving critical praise from readers and art historians alike.

Book trailer available here.

To purchase the book, please follow this link.