Picasso Portrait Painted The Same Year As Guernica To Be Auctioned
Pablo Picasso’s Femme au béret et à la robe quadrillée (Marie-Thérèse Walter), goes under the hammer at Sotheby’s after an… Read More
14 January 2018
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Picasso 1932 – Love, Fame, Tragedy
This is the first ever solo Pablo Picasso exhibition at Tate Modern. It will bring you face-to-face with more than 100 paintings, sculptures and drawings, mixed with family photographs and rare glimpses into his personal life.
Sunday to Thursday 10.00–18.00 Friday to Saturday 10.00–22.00
Peggy and David Rockefeller Auction Revealed In Hong Kong Exhibition
Highlights from what many have dubbed the sale to watch in 2018, the collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller has been revealed by Christie’s.
22 November 2017
Picasso As Minotaur: Gagosian London By Edward Lucie-Smith
The Picasso: Minotaurs and Matadors show now on view at Gagosian Grosvenor Hill neatly pips Tate Modern to the post. On 8th May Tate Modern unveils Picasso 1932 – Love, Fame Tragedy, its first ever solo show devoted to this most celebrated of all Modern Movement artists.
4 May 2017
Picasso: Minotaurs and Matadors
The exhibition examines the intersection of Picasso’s bullfighting imagery with his mythological and biographical compositions of the 1930s. Including works dating from 1889 to 1971, this career-long survey traces Picasso’s engagement with the ancient rituals and narratives of his native Mediterranean.
Hours: Tue–Sat 10-6
Important Picasso Muse Dora Maar Portrait To Be Sold At Christie’s
Femme assise, robe bleue by Pablo Picasso will go under the hammer at Christie’s NY as a highlight of its Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale (Estimate: $35,000,000-50,000,000).
31 March 2017
Paris Art Thieves Receive 21 Years Collectively For Hundred Million Heist
The trial of the 2010 ‘Spider-Man’ burglary at the Musee d’Art Moderne in Paris has concluded securing an eight year sentence for 49-year-old Serbian mastermind Vjeran Tomic.
21 February 2017
Stolen Modigliani – Spider Man Thief Vjeran Tomic Goes On Trial
The trial of the art thief known as ‘Spider-Man’ has begun in Paris. The 2010 burglary at the Musee d’Art Moderne included masterpieces by Modigliani, Picasso, Braque and Matisse.
30 January 2017
Picasso Portraits – master of transformations at National Portrait Gallery by Edward Lucie-Smith
The Picasso portrait show now at the National Portrait Gallery and the big Abstract Expressionist exhibition on offer at the Royal Academy are both worth a visit.
25 October 2016
Picasso Portraits – master of transformations at National Portrait Gallery by Edward Lucie-Smith
London is unusually rich in important exhibitions at the moment, and sometimes these events seem to enter into a dialogue… Read More
15 October 2016
Picasso Blue Period Painting Achieves Record Price At Sotheby’s
A record price has been achieved for a blue period Picasso at Sotheby’s in New York. La Gommeuse, painted in Paris in… Read More
8 November 2015
Sexism In Art: And What We Perceive As Acceptable Body Depictions
So, I was about to launch into thoughtful musings on that inexplicable relationship between artist and muse and how the… Read More
24 July 2015
Picasso Monet And Van Dongen Offered At Christie’s Impressionist Modern Sale
Christie’s Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale in London on 23 June will present a further selection of 52 highly covetable works to inspire collectors… Read More
3 June 2015
Picasso and Lee Miller Explored In Scottish National Portrait Gallery Exhibition
The unique relationship between Pablo Picasso and the iconic photographer Lee Miller is explored in a stunning new exhibition at… Read More
26 May 2015
Pablo Picasso Painting Smashes World Auction Record Selling For £115m
A painting from the 1950s by the 20th century master Pablo Picasso entitled Women of Algiers has become the most… Read More
12 May 2015
Curator Amanda Geitner Talks To Artlyst About Francis Bacon And A Very Personal Patronage
The Sainsbury Centre For Visual Arts presents ‘Francis Bacon and the Masters’, the latest exhibition bringing together over twenty-five major… Read More
1 May 2015
Francis Bacon And The Masters: The Sainsbury Centre For Visual Arts – Essential Appropriation
The Sainsbury Centre For Visual Arts presents ‘Francis Bacon and the Masters’, the latest exhibition of works by the renowned… Read More
25 April 2015
Thierry Morel Talks To Artlyst About Francis Bacon, Influence, And Memory
Francis Bacon and the Masters is the latest exhibition of works by the late-great British painter, bringing together over twenty-five… Read More
22 April 2015
Picasso Garage Hoard Couple Ordered To Return 271 Stolen Artworks
A retired electrician and his wife have been convicted of concealing 271 stolen artworks by Pablo Picasso worth up to… Read More
21 March 2015
Picasso’s Dream That Anyone Could Own His Work Undermined
A sale of Important Ceramics by Pablo Picasso (Sotheby’s 18 March) has scuppered the master’s original intentions behind creating multiples…. Read More
21 March 2015
Samuel Goldwyn Art Collection Goes Under The Hammer At Sotheby’s
Modern art masterpieces from The Samuel Goldwyn family Collection will go under the hammer at Sotheby’s, in a series of… Read More
19 March 2015
Extensive Francis Bacon Exhibition To Open At Sainsbury Centre For Visual Arts
Francis Bacon and the Masters is a groundbreaking exhibition bringing together over twenty-five major works by Francis Bacon with old… Read More
19 March 2015
Picasso Hoard Couple In Court Over £50m In Undocumented Artworks
The trial opened yesterday of the former handyman of the artist Pablo Picasso and his wife in Paris. They are… Read More
11 February 2015
Spanish Forgery Ring Creating Picasso, Miró, and Matisse Fakes Arrested
Three people in the cities of Zaragoza and Tarragona have been arrested for trying to sell fake Joan Miró, Pablo… Read More
20 January 2015
Degenerate Art From German Museums Goes On Display In Liège
A new exhibition bringing together works from the well documented Lucerne auction in 1939 has been mounted in Liège. On… Read More
8 December 2014
Rene Burri Iconic 20th Century Photographer Dies Age 81
The International news photographer René Burri has died age 81. Burri studied at the School of Applied Arts in his native city of Zurich
20 October 2014
Imelda Marcos Masterpieces Seized By Authorities In The Philippines
Masterpieces belonging to the former first lady of the Philippines Imelda Marcos have been seized by government authorities, who claim… Read More
1 October 2014
Cornelius Gurlitt Nazi Treasure Trove Hoarder Dies In Munich
Cornelius Gurlitt the son of a notorious Nazi art dealer whose secret collection included many Third Reich looted pieces, has died in Germany age 81.
6 May 2014
Art Collector Cornelius Gurlitt To Return Claimed Stolen Degenerate Masterpieces
Cornelius Gurlitt, the elderly son of a Nazi era art dealer has come to a co-operative agreement with German authorities to resolve
8 April 2014
Art Looted By The Nazis: Germany Considers Amending Laws
The authorities in Germany are considering amending laws to allow victims of art looted by the Nazis to reclaim their… Read More
16 February 2014
Sotheby’s Reports Record Prices For Art Dealer Jan Krugier’s Collection
Sotheby’s has reported a 100% sales result for the collection of the art dealer Jan Krugier. The Combined Total of… Read More
6 February 2014
Damien Hirst Exhibits His Work Alongside Picasso, Bacon and Warhol
Damien Hirst is a Turner Prize winning artist. Despite his critical notoriety (much of it negative) he has managed to… Read More
30 November 2013