Now playing Next World Celebrating Pablo Picasso’s “artistic legacy” 50 years after his death Picasso Celebration 1973 – 2023 aims to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the artist’s death and showcase his works to a younger generation across Europe and the USA. 13/09/2022
Now playing Next See How has Picasso's legacy been affected by the #MeToo movement? "#MeToo damaged the artist", says Cécile Debray, director of the Picasso museum in Paris. 13/04/2022
Now playing Next See Aquatic depiction of Picasso's lover set to fetch $60m at auction Femme nue couchée (Naked woman reclining), completed in 1932, reimagines Marie-Thérèse Walter – a proficient swimmer, where Picasso never learned to swim – as a graceful, multi-limbed sea creature. 07/04/2022
Now playing Next See 'Picasso: Faces and Figures' exhibition opens in Madrid A new retrospective exhibition in Madrid, explores the portraits and ever-changing style of Pablo Picasso 17/02/2022
Now playing Next Culture news Picasso's heirs retract NFT offerings as family row ensues “The information given through the media by which the Picasso heirs would join into the market for ‘Pablo Picasso’ NFTs is completely wrong,” said lawyer Jean-Jacques Neuer. 28/01/2022
Now playing Next Culture news Pablo Picasso enters NFT art market with ceramic heirloom The NFTs will also come with music put together by Florian Picasso, who is a DJ and music producer, along with songwriter John Legend and rapper, Nas. 26/01/2022
Now playing Next See Paris exhibition traces immigrant contribution to France The exhibition is open until January 17 at the Musée de l'Homme in Paris. 03/12/2021
Now playing Next Culture news Is Vegas the new go-to destination for US art? Picasso fans think so The MGM Resorts group have somewhat of a ubiquitous presence on the Vegas strip. An enormous sale of half of their Picasso collection has the rest of the world asking - since when did Vegas own so much art? 25/10/2021
Now playing Next Spain Pablo Picasso artworks sell for a combined $109 million in Las Vegas The nine paintings and two ceramic pieces had been displayed inside the Picasso restaurant at the Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art for more than two decades. 24/10/2021
Now playing Next Culture news Pablo Picasso: Nine works donated to France by daughter, Maya At the press conference on Monday, at the Picasso Museum in Paris, only one work was shown to the press: a cubist painting from 1938 called "The child with the lollipop sitting under a chair". 20/09/2021
Now playing Next Greece Greek police recover Picasso and Mondrian paintings stolen in 2012 Police say they have recovered the artworks nearly a decade after their theft from Greece's biggest state art gallery in Athens. 29/06/2021
Now playing Next United Arab Emirates Charity auction featuring artworks by Mandela raises €8.2 million Art-loving philanthropists dug deep into their pockets to support the 100 Million Meals campaign — the biggest food drive in the MENA region. 06/05/2021
Now playing Next France Italian wins €1m Pablo Picasso painting with €100 lottery ticket Her son had given her the ticket as a gift for Christmas. “Maybe it was the best decision of my life," he said. 21/05/2020
Now playing Next France New immersive exhibit places viewers at heart of Picasso's paintings "A poetic, plastic, generous, voyage where visitors take pleasure in seeing the works through a new lens" is how the installation creators described the new exhibit. 18/10/2019
Now playing Next Spain UN apologises for blaming Spanish Republicans for Guernica An article on the UN website wrongly attributed the 1937 attack by Nazi and Italian fascist forces. 20/09/2019
Now playing Next Switzerland Watch: Art Basel opens with Picasso painting on sale for €28 million While stock markets have slowed globally, the ultra-high end of the art market has grown to €59 billion. 12/06/2019
Now playing Next Romania Picasso painting stolen six years ago resurfaces in Romania The painting was initally stolen in a heist along with six other paintings by Matisse, Monet and others. 18/11/2018
Now playing Next Italy Picasso exhibition in Milan reveals painter's debt to classical art Works by the legendary Spanish painter are on display alongside the works of ancient art which inspired him. 19/10/2018
Now playing Next world news Picasso and Money under the hammer Picasso's Young Girl with a Flower Basket joins works by Monet and Gauguin in an auction at Christies which is expected to make nearly half a billion euros 15/03/2018