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It had been well over a year since I had gone to VILLENEUVE D’ASCQ for a temporary exhibition at the LAM. It was Modigliani. There hadn’t really been too much that I wanted to see since. But this was a must. A collection. I really like visiting such exhibitions as I wonder where the collector got his idea and why did he take such an interest in the works we will see. The exhibition was called « From Picasso to Seraphine » Wilhem Uhde was a German art collector and critic, and was one of the first supporters of cubism before fighting for the recognition of those he termed the "modern primitives". By following his progression, from his meeting with Picasso through to his discovery of Séraphine Louis, the LaM modern art museum was to show a selection of works from major public and private collections in France and abroad. This is more or less what I found on Internet. The LaM home page is not translated into English. Very strange, as Lille, the largest city close to Villen