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Room 02

Humor in Art

The tradition behind the laugh: parody, irony, satire, absurdity and wit in painting, sculpture and print, from the jesters to the present.

03pieces in this room, the latest hung on 06/10/2026

The newest piece

A television set from the 1980s in a dim living room, its screen showing a paused animated frame of a character frozen mid-stride, with a remote control on the arm of a worn sofa.
Detail cropped from the same print: A television set from the 1980s in a dim living room, its screen showing a paused animated frame of a character frozen mid-stride, with a remote control on the arm of a worn sofa.
Inv. HI-003 The whole print and a detail cropped from the same print: The Silent Beat: Timing a Punchline in Comic Strip Panels.

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