Picasso wasn’t doing anything particularly outlandish of course, the study of the Old Masters was standard practice for students learning their craft, and it is usual for artists to go through phases, ...

Defining what constitutes a “portrait” in Picasso’s work is not a simple matter. . . . It may emerge that, after this exhibition, it will be even harder than before to define what Picasso meant by a ...

A Pablo Picasso portrait of his lover, artist Dora Maar, unseen in public for eight decades, sold for a stunning €32 million ($37.2 million) when it hit the auction block at Hôtel Drouot on October 24 ...

Nearly 125 years after Pablo Picasso painted a portrait of a sculptor friend, high-tech imaging tools have revealed another portrait hidden beneath it. The concealed image reveals a woman, the ...

Pablo Picasso’s Compotier et guitare, a striking still life with “coded references” to his muse Marie-Thérèse Walter, will be up for sale at Sotheby’s modern evening auction this November in New York, ...

The Personality of the Day series focuses on influential figures whose work has shaped history, culture, and ideas across the ...