1 NOVEMBER 1997, page 54

Exhibitions 1

The Private Collection of Edgar Degas (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, till 11 January 1998) The great collector Roger Kimball D egas keeps it up,' a friend of the painter......

Exhibitions 2

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon (Grand Palais, Paris, till 12 January 1998, then Metropolitan Museum, New York) Distinctive power Martin Gayford B ut what will we think of it in 50 years......