Pablo Picasso

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Picasso's daughter Paloma appointed administrator of his estate

Paloma Ruiz-Picasso, whose mother Françoise Gilot died in June, takes over from her brother Claude

Musée Picasso president hits back at ahistorical critics as artist's troubling relationship with women comes into focus

Cécile Debray believes a truthful representation of Picasso’s life is “an important fight for everybody”

Françoise Gilot, artist whose prolific career transcended early relationship with Picasso, has died, aged 101

Gilot, whose distinctive figurative paintings span eight decades, infamously dumped the famous Spanish artist

Picasso portrait sells for €3.4m at Van Ham, a house record

The auction house's evening sale on 5 June was the most successful in its history

Picasso—questioned, but not cancelled: we speak to the curators of the Brooklyn Museum show

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'Pablo Picasso, like our audiences, can handle complexity'

Hannah Gadsby's take on the (in)famous artist at the Brooklyn Museum is all about engaging in difficult dialogues, says the museum's director Anne Pasternak

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Picasso show co-curated by comedian and self-confessed ‘hater’ Hannah Gadsby will dig into complexity of artist’s legacy

The Brooklyn Museum exhibition aims to “create a space for these conversations to happen” rather than “cancel” the artist

Unseen Dora Maar works discovered at auction go on show for first time

Trove of drawings, texts, and paintings on paper bought as an anonymous lot by savvy private collectors will be exhibited in the south of France

The Big Review: Picasso Celebration at the Musée National Picasso-Paris ★☆☆☆☆

A baffling show in which Pablo Picasso’s works become accessories for the British designer Paul Smith’s decorations

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Hannah Gadsby discusses provocative Picasso show at The Brooklyn Museum, wading into a row about a certain family...

'There’s not a billionaire on this planet that is not fucked up,' says the Nanette comic

Pace gallery to show Picasso’s sketchbooks in New York for 50 year anniversary of artist’s death

Never seen by the public during his lifetime, they include studies for his most famous paintings such as Les Demoiselles d’Avignon

Mysterious Picasso portrait may be the key to Adrienne Fidelin’s place in art history

Fidelin, a Black dancer and model who was Man Ray’s partner and muse for years, is believed to be the subject of a Picasso portrait that has not been shown publicly since 1985

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‘A threat to the country’: Pablo Picasso’s police files scoured for new book about his life as a foreigner in France

A new publication looks at the Spanish artist’s alienating experiences as a young man in Paris, including police harassment and stigmatisation as an anarchist

Munich museum takes down Picasso portrait amid restitution dispute

The painting, Madame Soler, was previously owned by the prominent collector Paul von Mendelssohn-Bartholdy in the 1930s

Works from publishing billionaire S.I. Newhouse’s collection could bring more than $144m at Christie's

A previous group of 11 works from Newhouse's collection brought in $216.2m across two Christie's sales in 2019

‘Picasso is relevant to any creative person working today’: British designer Paul Smith to provide art direction for exhibition on the Spanish artist

The show at the Musée National Picasso in Paris will include a jazz soundtrack, Modern masterpieces hung on colourfully designed walls, and Picasso’s Vogue magazine drawings

Jewish collectors’ heirs sue the Guggenheim for return of Blue Period Picasso

The heirs of Karl and Rosi Adler claim “Woman Ironing (La repasseuse)” (1904) was sold under duress by the fleeing couple and are seeking its return—or as much as $200m in compensation

A guide to the dozens of exhibitions worldwide marking the 50th anniversary of Picasso's death

Celebration Picasso 1973-2023, organised by the governments of Spain and France, explores the many sides of the Spanish artist's life and work

Not everyone is celebrating Picasso’s big anniversary—that makes it more exciting

A series of exhibitions marking the 50th anniversary of the Spanish artist's death includes a show curated by comedian and Picasso-hater Hannah Gadsby

Maya Picasso, daughter of artist Pablo and important archivist of her father's legacy, has died, aged 87

Her relationship with her father is the subject of an ongoing exhibition at the Picasso Museum in Paris

Paris gallerists—found guilty of selling Picasso works stolen by handyman—receive suspended jail sentences

Belle et Belle gallery has now been dissolved, closing the chapter on a decade-long criminal investigation

With upcoming Picasso exhibition, comedian-turned-curator Hannah Gadsby will have the last laugh

The exhibition will address the issues of "misogyny, masculinity, creativity, and ‘genius’" that Gadsby raised in her celebrated Netflix special "Nanette"

The $100m collection of former Whitney Museum president David Solinger will be sold at Sotheby’s

Star lots include one of Picasso’s earliest paintings of his muse Marie-Thérèse Walter and a dynamic De Kooning

Dozens of museum shows across Europe and US will mark 50th anniversary of Picasso’s death next year

Artist’s controversial relationships with women will be examined through "the prism of feminism", including via a dedicated Brooklyn Museum exhibition co-curated by comedian Hannah Gadsby

Stolen Picasso painting 'worth millions of dollars' found during drug raid, Iraqi authorities claim

Work was in the possession of three suspects who have been arrested for involvement in the trade of narcotics

Collector files lawsuit to prove ownership of $7m Picasso after attempted sale goes south

The prospective buyer failed to give anything beyond the down payment, the suit alleges, while at the holding warehouse, a string of suspicious custodial transfers began

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The shocking story of a Picasso painting that was brazenly stolen and held at ransom by the 'Australian Cultural Terrorists'

Weeping Woman is one of the star works in the new exhibition Picasso Century at Melbourne's National Gallery of Victoria