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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.

Art

'Picasso: Faces and Figures' exhibition opens in Madrid

A new retrospective exhibition in Madrid, explores the portraits and ever-changing style of Pablo Picasso

Art

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.

Art

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.

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Art

Paris exhibition traces immigrant contribution to France

The exhibition is open until January 17 at the Musée de l'Homme in Paris.

Art

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?

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.

Art

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".

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.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Earth News

Rare Picasso ceramics are on display in Copenhagen

Louisiana Museum of Modern Art celebrates its 60th anniversary with the exhibition.

Earth News

Picasso work on Asia tour ahead of London auction

Pablo Picasso's 'Woman with a Beret and a plaid dress' will tour Asia ahead of going on sale at London's famous Sotheby's auction house.