Pablo Picasso

The acclaimed US critic and filmmaker explains how early experiences at the Smithsonian profoundly shaped his life

The centenary of the writer’s portrait-poem ‘If I Told Him’ is marked with an elegy on its enduring impact

With a new portrait series for the September 2024 issue of frieze, the artist reflects on her connection with the late writer

From Moki Cherry's feminist reimagining of family life to a captivating retrospective of the self-declared mystic James Lee Byars

Two concurrent shows at Guggenheim Museum Bilbao and Museo Picasso Málaga appraising the artist’s legacy take a troubling tour through an ethical minefield

Whether pairing the two inspires consternation or praise depends largely on how we conceive of the purpose of the Museum itself

In a new book, T.J. Clark scours art historical depictions of divinity for clues about our contemporary age

A Picasso, snatched from Rotterdam’s Kunsthal Museum in 2012 in ‘the theft of the century’, has been revived in an elaborate hoax

Artist Michelle Hartney has created #MeToo-inspired wall labels to call out the abusive actions of art history’s icons

At the Barbican Gallery and the De la Warr Pavilion, two exhibitions focus on the nature of collaboration and the role of creative influence 

The forthcoming exhibition ‘Modern Couples’ frames the shared lives of modernism’s artistic pairings – from Claudel and Rodin, to Maar and Picasso

‘It’s ridiculous. It’s Picasso’: social media platform to review nudity policy after blocking Montreal Museum of Fine Arts ads

In further news: Angela Gulbenkian sued over Kusama pumpkin; and Pussy Riot re-arrested immediately after release from Russian detention 

The thousands of new owners will now collectively decide where the painting is exhibited

Move to make ticketed exhibitions more affordable for a younger audience 

Picasso’s cruel misogyny, overturning ‘Oriental inscrutability’ and the legacy of 1960s collective Archigram: what to read this weekend

Founder of Ariadne Galleries, Torkom Demirjian, explains how a rare Cycladic idol at Frieze Masters this week ‘bridges the gap between ancient and modern’

Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain

85 Joan Miró works to stay in Portugal following public outcry; Barbican to host the UK's first large-scale show of Jean-Michel Basquiat