Art

How would you feel about your best friend if he or she suddenly did something colossally stupid? It happens in this Tony Award-winning dark comedy that focuses on the meaning of friendship. When Serge buys an apparently pure white canvas by a fashionable artist for a lot of money his old mate, Marc, thinks it’s a piece of pretentious rubbish. Yves, their mutual friend, tries to reconcile but only succeeds in antagonising both of them. ART raises one of drama’s eternal questions: how much truth and honesty human beings can stand? In a surprising and funny way, it brings into play issues of friendship, loyalty and the difficulty and value of telling the truth.