Performance
Picasso at His Most Surreal
Last night and tonight, the Guggenheim is staging two special, performance-like readings of Pablo Picasso’s obscure play, “Desire Caught by the Tail,” as part of the museum’s Works & Process series.
Pablo Picasso
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Picasso the Playwright
Picasso is renowned and celebrated for his paintings, prints, sculptures, ceramics and even stage designs. But it turns out that Picasso also wrote — two plays and hundreds of poems, to be exact, mostly during the 1940s and '50s.
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Airport Patrons Can't Stand When Picasso Bares It All
A Scottish airport has backtracked on its decision to cover up a poster promoting an exhibition at the Scottish Museum of Modern Art that featured Picasso's "Nude Woman In a Red Armchair" (1932).
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Artist Is Charged in Picasso Vandalism Case
The first rule of social networking is that it's very hard to make things private. It's a decent bet that almost everything you post online is in some way accessible by people you don't necessarily want to see it. This leads us the related first rule of art vandalism: if you did it, don't claim it o
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The Evolving and Bizarre Story of Houston's Vandalized Picasso
Poor Picasso. His "Femme au fauteuil rouge (Woman in a Red Armchair)" (1929) was vandalized last week at Houston's Menil Collection and the artist claiming responsibility for the action, Uriel Llanderos, has essentially been bragging about his bravado on his rather sparse Facebook page. But the stor
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Picasso: The Art Vandal's Choice
Picasso's 1929 painting "Conquista La Bestia" ("Conquer the Beast") was vandalized last week at Houston's Menil Collection by a man with a can of spray paint. According to the city's Local 2 news, he stenciled the image of a bullfighter killing a bull with the word "conquista" underneath.
Art
Minotaurs and Mistresses: Picasso at the British Museum
CHICAGO — It's on days like this that I wish I still lived in London. If you do, or you're visiting between May and September, make sure the British Museum is on your to-do list: they are mounting a rare show devoted entirely to Picasso's "Vollard" suite, a set of 100 etchings that Picasso made in t
Art
Who Owns the Color Red?
Can a person own a color? Yves Klein may say yes, but Yves Saint Laurent begs to differ.
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, Occupy art, Picasso abodes, an artist on Iraq, UK art blogs, lo-fi pics and working as a culture industry serf.
Art
The Precious Gems Art History Forgot
Imagine strolling through clean, bright halls, surrounded by immaculate display cases filled with baubles and trinkets, the steam-polished precious metals and gems coruscating in the glare of spotlights. Hear your feet clacking on the white floors, stopping to look closer at the jewelry on display,
Art
The Best Matisse Room I've Ever Seen
Among the surprises at the Statens Museum for Kunst, National Gallery of Denmark, is an exquisite room of early Matisses that will blow your mind.
Opinion
Required Reading
This week's edition of Required Reading comes a little later than usual, but aren't all good things worth the wait? We'll be back to our morning publishing schedule next Sunday. Enjoy the linkage.