Tom Parsons has always had a round about way of looking at art and no more so than his views on Cubism, honed while writing his first major book on Post Impressionism. At first sight, there seems nothing remotely funny about Cubism. Indeed, for many, it is all rather austere and for some, completely mystifying. Yet, seen through Tom’s oblique view, we will all learn to see the wit, the charm and the sophistication of this collaborative movement, one which did more to transform the way we in the West see than almost anything else. Though more than a century ago, the long arm of Cubism affects us daily and Tom will show us why.