A 21st-century institution cannot center Picasso’s legacy without also foregrounding the global forms, artists, and practices that remain omitted from the Euro-American canon of Cubist and Abstract art.
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Why You Should Go See Hannah Gadsby’s It’s Pablo-matic
The male-dominated art establishment has always used Pablo Picasso’s “genius” to marginalize women. On the 50th anniversary of his death, this is the only show to challenge that.
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Hannah Gadsby’s Picasso Show Is a Victim of Its Hype
It’s Pablo-matic is not a great exhibition, but it’s also not the catastrophe that some people have described.
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New York Thrifter Finds $8 Picassos at Salvation Army
Nancy Cavaliere, who resold the original Picasso ceramics at auction for $40K, now shares her tips for thrifting on TikTok.
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Adorable Pup Found Hidden in Picasso Painting
X-ray fluorescence of the artist’s “Le Moulin de la Galette” (1900) has revealed a little brown dog with a red bow under layers of paint.
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Picasso and Ingres Face Off in London
Can two paintings an entire exhibition make? Yes. Especially when it is a Spaniard called Pablo Picasso squaring up to a Frenchman called Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres.
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Missing Picasso Resurfaces at Home of Former Philippines First Lady
Imelda Marcos and her husband were accused of plundering billions of dollars from the country.
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“OK, I like it, Picasso” Takes Off on TikTok
How an encounter between a pedestrian and a group of art students produced one of TikTok’s latest viral hits.
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“It Means Nothing To Me”: Picasso Unimpressed by Moon Landing
The artist’s underwhelmed response to the historic 1969 event is the “meh” energy we all need right now as billionaires race to space.
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Marie Cuttoli, the Entrepreneur Who Brought Modern Art to the Textile Industry
Cuttoli recruited artists like Picasso and Man Ray to design textiles for her workshops in Algeria and shop in Paris, bringing Modernism to a broader audience in the early 20th century.
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A Son Gifted His Mother a Raffle Ticket, Winning Her a $1.1M Picasso Painting
The raffle for Pablo Picasso’s “Nature Morte” (1921) raised over $5.59 million, most of which will be used to provide clean drinking water and renovate facilities in Cameroon, Madagascar, and Morocco.
