‘Dare to be sentimental’: Agnes Varda’s life in art

Up until a few days before her death on Thursday, Agnes Varda was making the final touches on three artworks to be inaugurated this weekend at the Chaumont-sur-Loire castle in central France, frail but visibly thrilled to see "art integrated with nature." "It's an immense joy to be here," she told AFP last Saturday in one of her final interviews. The 90-year-old director used a vividly colored cane as she toured the site, often holding the hand of journalist Christian Panvert, who interviewed her for AFP. "It was very touching," Panvert said Friday. "She would close her eyes and was having quite a bit of trouble to catch her breath." The first installation of Varda's show...

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