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Cubism's Reception and Criticism: Controversies and Acclaim

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Which art critic coined the term 'Cubism'?

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Louis Vauxcelles
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Louis Vauxcelles, a French art critic, first used the term 'Cubism' in a review of the 1908 Salon d'Automne exhibition in Paris, where he described the works of Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso as 'bizarre cubes'.

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