Pablo Picasso
Art thief handed suspended sentence for ‘heist of the century’
Α 50-year-old man accused of stealing three paintings - including a Picasso - from Greece's National Gallery in Athens in January 2012, in what was called the "heist of the century," was handed a suspended prison sentence of six years on Friday.
Spain, France kick off anniversary celebration of Picasso
Against the backdrop of Picasso´s iconic anti-war painting, "Guernica," the culture ministers of France and Spain gathered on Sept. 12 in Madrid's Reina Sofia Museum to kick off a year of commemorative acts to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the death of the Spanish artist who revolutionized the world of art.
Is Picasso being cancelled?
Pablo Picasso's track-record with women certainly would not make him a feminist pin-up today.
There were two wives, at least six mistresses and countless lovers with a tendency to abandon women when they became ill, a voracious appetite for prostitutes, and some eye-popping age differences (his second wife was 27 when he married her at 79).
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Paul Gauguin’s ‘Mata Mua’ returns to Madrid
One of French painter Paul Gauguin's most famous paintings, "Mata Mua," will return to a Madrid museum on Feb. 7 following an agreement between the Spanish government and its owner, who took it out of the country.
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Iconic tapestry of Picasso’s ‘Guernica’ is back at the UN
The iconic tapestry of Pablo Picasso's "Guernica," which is considered by numerous art critics as perhaps the most powerful anti-war painting in history, returned to its place of honor at the United Nations on Feb. 5 after a year-long absence that angered and dismayed many U.N. diplomats and staff.
Picasso heirs launch digital art piece to ride ‘crypto’ wave
Heirs of Pablo Picasso, the famed 20th-century Spanish artist, are vaulting into 21st-century commerce by selling 1,010 digital art pieces of one of his ceramic works that have never before been seen publicly, riding a fad for "crypto" assets that have taken the art and financial worlds by storm.
Picasso: Writing into Drawing opening being moved to +MSUM
Ljubljana – An exhibition of Pablo Picasso’s illustrations termed Picasso: Writing into Drawing, marking the 140th anniversary of the birth of the great artist, is being moved from the flood-damaged Moderna Galerija to the Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova (+MSUM). It will open there on 18 November and be on display until 20 February 2022.
Picasso masterpieces fetch $108.9 mln at Sotheby’s auction
Eleven masterpieces by Pablo Picasso fetched $108.9 million at a Sotheby's auction in Las Vegas on Oct. 23.
The works went under the hammer at the Bellagio hotel and casino, known for its extensive art collection, ahead of what would have been the Spanish painter's 140th birthday.
Two Picasso paintings headline Christie’s fall auction
Two Picasso paintings, one of which has spent more than 60 years in a private collection and has never been auctioned, will be among the highlights of the November sale at Christie's in New York.
Sotheby’s to sell $600 mln of art from Macklowe divorce
Sotheby's has won the rights to sell the highly sought-after Macklowe art collection, valued at more than $600 million, the auction house announced Sept. 9.
The trove, which includes works by Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol and Mark Rothko, was the subject of a bitter legal dispute following the high-profile divorce of New York real estate developer Harry Macklowe and his ex-wife Linda.