What would you pay for a white painting?  White.  Completely white, in fact.  Would it matter who the painter was?  Would it be art?

One of Marc's best friends, Serge, has bought a very expensive painting.  To Marc, the painting is a joke.  Serge insists Marc doesn't have the proper standard to judge the work.  Another friend, Yvan, allows himself to be pulled into this disagreement.   Lines are drawn.  These old friends square off over the canvas, and the bonds of friendship are tested.

Winner of the 1998 Tony Award for Best Play. Winner of the 1996 Olivier Award for Best Comedy. "…wildly funny, naughtily provocative…" —NY Post. "…a nonstop cross-fire of crackling language, serious issues of life and art expressed in outbursts that sound like Don Rickles with a degree from the Sorbonne…Reza is a fiendishly clever writer…'ART' sounds like a marriage of Molière and Woody Allen…" —Newsweek. "Anyone looking for a play that is funny, sophisticated, stylish, stimulating and moving should go to 'ART'." —Independent (London). "That such a simple plot can throw up such profound and meaty ideas about the rules that dictate art and friendship is a real treat. Reza and Hampton have an acute ear for the idiocies, trivia and petty assaults that pepper the conversation between friends…The real pleasures come from Reza's creation of three beautifully defined, original characters…" —The Mail (London). "In October I called it a minor classic. Let's change that to classic comedy, period." —London Times.
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