News
Miniature Picasso Painting Goes Missing in Spain
Police are investigating the mysterious disappearance of the artwork, which was slated for an exhibition in Granada.
Pablo Picasso
Art Review
Tate Modern Loses the Plot With Theatre Picasso
The exhibition is all very meta — the audience are themselves the action and participants. Yet this device could be applied to any artist with the same result.
News
Meet the “Microsnail” Named After Picasso
A group of international scientists drew parallels between the species’ distinctive shell and the work of the Spanish artist.
Opinion
We Are All Picasso’s Fishermen
The artist painted a balmy summer scene in August 1939. Could anyone imagine the impending horrors?
News
Collector Sues Christie’s Over Sale of Picasso Owned by Cocaine Kingpin
The buyer claims that the auction house made “misrepresentations” about the artwork’s provenance.
News
Climate Activists Splash Paint on a Picasso in Montreal
"There are more than 200 wildfires in Canada at the moment," said a protester as he threw washable pink paint on the glass-protected portrait.
News
Hidden Woman Portrait Found Beneath Picasso Masterpiece
Researchers detected the mysterious figure in the early-blue period painting "Portrait of Mateu Fernández de Soto" (1901).
News
Gaza Photo Pasted on Picasso Painting at UK’s National Gallery
Activists stuck the image of a Palestinian mother and child to the protective glass over "Motherhood" (1901) and called for an arms embargo on Israel.
News
Portrait Found by Junk Dealer May Be Picasso Original
The painting was discovered more than half a century ago when Luigi Lo Rosso was scavenging the basement of an Italian home for goods to sell.
News
Australian Museum Admits to Showing Fake Picassos
The works were displayed in a women’s restroom at Tasmania’s Museum of Old and New Art.
News
Picasso Museum Is Showing Françoise Gilot’s Work, Finally
The prolific painter who died last June at the age of 101 forged a path of success despite Picasso's attempts to destroy her career.
News
Stolen Picasso and Chagall Works Found in Antwerp Basement
The stolen artworks were valued at a combined $900,000 at the time of their theft in 2010.