Pablo Picasso

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After Impressionism review – radical ideas and ecstatic sex from the edge of a new universe
Cézanne outshines Van Gogh, with Picasso his revolutionary pupil, in this absorbing hurtle toward modern art – smashing 500 years of tradition into cubist shards

Jonathan Jones

22, Mar, 2023 @12:01 AM

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Paris Picasso museum reinvents itself to tackle artist’s troubled legacy
French institution targets young audiences by confronting issues of misogyny and colonialism with Paul Smith’s help

Angelique Chrisafis in Paris

05, Mar, 2023 @5:23 PM

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Fabulous felines: why female artists love stroking, painting and spoiling cats
Suzanne Valadon fed hers caviar. Leonor Fini kept two dozen. And when Tracey Emin lost hers, the missing posters fetched £500 each. The writer of a new book about painters and moggies celebrates furry muses

Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

10, Jan, 2023 @6:00 AM

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Maya Widmaier-Picasso obituary
Daughter of Pablo Picasso who inspired several of her father’s paintings and became an authority on his work

Charles Darwent

03, Jan, 2023 @4:42 PM

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Backlash against C4 show that may destroy works by Hitler and Picasso
Jimmy Carr-fronted show accused of seeking attention with something akin to book burning

Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent

13, Oct, 2022 @5:17 PM

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Channel 4 buys painting by Hitler – and may let Jimmy Carr destroy it
Ian Katz says new show celebrates the channel’s tradition of ‘iconoclasm and irreverence’

Jim Waterson Media editor

13, Oct, 2022 @5:14 PM

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The web has expanded the reach of art but nothing beats standing in front of a Picasso | Kenan Malik
As MoMa raises funds for online works, let’s remember the thrill of viewing actual objects

Kenan Malik

18, Sep, 2022 @6:30 AM

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‘Picasso nearly fell over backwards when he saw her’ – Lee Miller’s son on their intense relationship
She was a model-turned-photographer whose unflinching eye captured the horror of the Nazis. But for too long, this extraordinary woman was defined as ‘Picasso’s muse’. As a new show puts this right, her son looks back

Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

05, Sep, 2022 @5:00 AM

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Dora Maar: hidden photos by the artist include intimate portraits of Picasso
The pioneering French artist was often hidden in the shadow of her lover but was one of the most original photographers of her day

Kim Willsher

26, Jun, 2022 @12:00 PM

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Found: the ‘how to draw’ books Pablo Picasso created for his daughter
The previously unseen collection, to go on display in Paris, shows how the artist taught the five-year-old to master figures, animals and birds

Dalya Alberge

11, Jun, 2022 @1:50 PM

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‘A genius is a sponge’: inside the new Picasso exhibition that isn’t all about Picasso
The Picasso Century at Australia’s NGV sees the artist share the spotlight with 50 of his contemporaries, and explains how one man could ‘catch and translate all the values of a time’

Elizabeth Flux

10, Jun, 2022 @8:00 PM

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Picasso Ingres: Face to Face review – portraiture at its most radical
This first-time pairing of Picasso’s Woman With a Book and its inspiration, Ingres’s celebrated Madame Moitessier, underlines the uniqueness of each artist

Laura Cumming

05, Jun, 2022 @12:00 PM

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