Feed MRSS-S pablo_picasso_a, english.elpais.com en-us https://english.elpais.com Mon, 13 Apr 2026 10:39:54 GMT https://english.elpais.com/culture/2026-04-13/marcel-duchamp-the-creator-who-made-art-without-his-hands.html Mon, 13 Apr 2026 10:39:54 GMT https://english.elpais.com/culture/2026-04-13/marcel-duchamp-the-creator-who-made-art-without-his-hands.html María Antonia Sánchez-Vallejo Cobo New York’s MoMA is offering the largest retrospective of the French-American artist in the US since 1973, with 300 works ranging from Impressionism to Post-Industrial Art New York’s MoMA is offering the largest retrospective of the French-American artist in the US since 1973, with 300 works ranging from Impressionism to Post-Industrial Art MoMA Marcel Duchamp Pablo Picasso Paul Cézanne Claude Monet Henri Matisse París Angel Colmenares (EFE) Marcel Duchamp A visitor photographs Duchamp's 1919 reproduction of the Mona Lisa with a mustache and goatee A visitor photographs Duchamp's 1919 reproduction of the Mona Lisa with a mustache and goatee <p>A century before a banana duct-taped to a wall blew up the very definition of art, Marcel Duchamp’s <i>Fountain</i>, an upside-down, prefabricated porcelain urinal mounted on a pedestal and signed with a pseudonym in 1917, was already making history as a seminal work of the avant-garde and, by extension, as an example of the renewal, or reinvention, of art. Duchamp went down in history for this creation, and for painting a mustache and goatee on <a href="https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2023-10-11/the-mystery-of-the-mona-lisa-is-not-in-her-smile-but-in-the-ingredients-da-vinci-used-to-paint-her.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2023-10-11/the-mystery-of-the-mona-lisa-is-not-in-her-smile-but-in-the-ingredients-da-vinci-used-to-paint-her.html">an image of the Mona Lisa</a>, but over more than six decades of his career, he explored every style and rode the wave of those that followed, from Impressionism to Dadaism and Calder-like installations. His work is a perfect chronology of 20th-century art, but so too is the lively biography of its creator.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2026-04-13/marcel-duchamp-the-creator-who-made-art-without-his-hands.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/culture/2026-04-07/the-secrets-of-the-multimilliondollar-sale-of-the-gunzburg-collection-the-design-auction-that-could-make-history.html Tue, 07 Apr 2026 15:20:17 GMT https://english.elpais.com/culture/2026-04-07/the-secrets-of-the-multimilliondollar-sale-of-the-gunzburg-collection-the-design-auction-that-could-make-history.html Diego Parrado The 125 lots that will go under the hammer next April 22 in New York show that furniture pieces by Ruhlmann and other great names of the decorative arts are now competing on equal footing with paintings and sculptures by Picasso, Paul Klee, and Richard Serra The 125 lots that will go under the hammer next April 22 in New York show that furniture pieces by Ruhlmann and other great names of the decorative arts are now competing on equal footing with paintings and sculptures by Picasso, Paul Klee, and Richard Serra Sotheby's Pablo Picasso Richard Serra annieschlechter.com (EL PAÍS) Sotheby’s Ruhlmann rug, Alexander Calder mobile, Lucio Fontana's painting 'Concetto spaziale, Il cielo di Venezia' (not for sale) above the fireplace, Georg Baselitz's abstract sculpture (not for sale), and Eugène Printz's sideboard (1933). In the center, two Jean Dunand armchairs, Pierre Chareau table, Dunand vases, and Paul Dupré-Lafon side table. Ruhlmann rug, Alexander Calder mobile, Lucio Fontana's painting 'Concetto spaziale, Il cielo di Venezia' (not for sale) above the fireplace, Georg Baselitz's abstract sculpture (not for sale), and Eugène Printz's sideboard (1933). In the center, two Jean Dunand armchairs, Pierre Chareau table, Dunand vases, and Paul Dupré-Lafon side table. <p>When Terry and Jean de Gunzburg crossed the threshold of their Upper East Side apartment for the first time, it wasn’t the silhouette of the skyscrapers framed by the windows that caught their eye. It was the floor. An antique parquet inspired by the one at Versailles, which looked as if it had been transported piece by piece from a <i>hôtel particulier</i> in the Faubourg Saint‑Germain, and which became the starting point for French interior designer Jacques Grange — architect of the Parisian high society’s dreams — to bring to life the home its owners had had envisioned. </p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2026-04-07/the-secrets-of-the-multimilliondollar-sale-of-the-gunzburg-collection-the-design-auction-that-could-make-history.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-04-07/in-spain-a-request-to-move-picassos-famous-guernica-to-the-basque-country-sparks-national-row.html Tue, 07 Apr 2026 11:54:03 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-04-07/in-spain-a-request-to-move-picassos-famous-guernica-to-the-basque-country-sparks-national-row.html Ana Marcos ,Juan Diego Quesada ,M.O. Regional authorities want to temporarily show the artwork at Guggenheim Bilbao despite museum experts advising against moving the canvas due to its delicate condition. The demand has taken on political overtones Regional authorities want to temporarily show the artwork at Guggenheim Bilbao despite museum experts advising against moving the canvas due to its delicate condition. The demand has taken on political overtones Pablo Picasso El Guernica Madrid Isabel Díaz Ayuso Imanol Pradales LUIS TEJIDO (EFE) guernica Reproduction of Picasso's 'Guernica' in the same-name town in the Basque Country. Reproduction of Picasso's 'Guernica' in the same-name town in the Basque Country. <p>An unexpected battlefront has opened up in Spain’s national political arena after the Basque regional government made a request to national authorities to allow the temporary transfer of <a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-02-07/royan-picassos-refuge-in-times-of-war.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-02-07/royan-picassos-refuge-in-times-of-war.html">Pablo Picasso’s</a> famous 1937 anti-war painting “Guernica” from its present location in Madrid to Bilbao, in the northern Spanish region. </p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-04-07/in-spain-a-request-to-move-picassos-famous-guernica-to-the-basque-country-sparks-national-row.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/culture/2026-01-31/the-strange-journey-of-the-gelman-collection-from-the-alleged-betrayal-of-cantinflas-to-one-of-mexicos-most-powerful-families.html Sat, 31 Jan 2026 04:00:00 GMT https://english.elpais.com/culture/2026-01-31/the-strange-journey-of-the-gelman-collection-from-the-alleged-betrayal-of-cantinflas-to-one-of-mexicos-most-powerful-families.html Sara González Banco Santander has become the manager of Jacques and Natasha Gelman’s valuable Mexican art collection, following an agreement with its new owners Banco Santander has become the manager of Jacques and Natasha Gelman’s valuable Mexican art collection, following an agreement with its new owners México Frida Kahlo Diego Rivera Maria Izquierdo Rufino Tamayo José Clemente Orozco David Alfaro Siqueiros MoMA Pablo Picasso Sotheby's Roberto Serra (Iguana Press/Getty Images) Exhibition 'Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera - Mexican art in the Gelman collection,' in Bologna, (Italy), November 2016. Exhibition 'Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera - Mexican art in the Gelman collection,' in Bologna, (Italy), November 2016. <p>A new chapter in the story of the <a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-11-26/the-mystery-of-the-gelman-collection-mexico-does-not-know-where-some-of-its-most-famous-artworks-are.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-11-26/the-mystery-of-the-gelman-collection-mexico-does-not-know-where-some-of-its-most-famous-artworks-are.html">Gelman collection</a> has brought clarity to the whereabouts of part of the emblematic private art holding that, for decades, has been shrouded in accusations, silence, and contradictory accounts. On January 21, <a href="https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2023-09-29/santander-jp-morgan-and-barclays-vie-for-the-top-spot-in-investment-banking-in-spain.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2023-09-29/santander-jp-morgan-and-barclays-vie-for-the-top-spot-in-investment-banking-in-spain.html">Banco Santander</a> announced that it had reached an agreement with the collection’s new owners, the powerful Zambrano family, to manage what is now called the Gelman Santander collection and is made up of 160 pieces by artists such as <a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-12-02/frida-kahlos-record-breaking-painting-was-a-gift-for-a-us-photographer-who-was-her-lover-for-10-years.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-12-02/frida-kahlos-record-breaking-painting-was-a-gift-for-a-us-photographer-who-was-her-lover-for-10-years.html">Frida Kahlo</a>, Diego Rivera, María Izquierdo, Rufino Tamayo, José Clemente Orozco and David Alfaro Siqueiros. It has also announced that the works will soon be shown in Spain.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2026-01-31/the-strange-journey-of-the-gelman-collection-from-the-alleged-betrayal-of-cantinflas-to-one-of-mexicos-most-powerful-families.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-12-29/the-infinite-vertigo-of-brigitte-bardot.html Mon, 29 Dec 2025 16:34:31 GMT https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-12-29/the-infinite-vertigo-of-brigitte-bardot.html Elsa Fernández-Santos López The actress did not hide from the world after leaving the film industry; her interviews and public statements were as frequent as they were impactful The actress did not hide from the world after leaving the film industry; her interviews and public statements were as frequent as they were impactful Brigitte Bardot Serge Gainsbourg Pablo Picasso Jean-Luc Godard Michel Piccoli Manon Cruz (REUTERS) A shrine to Brigitte Bardot outside her house in Saint-Tropez. A shrine to Brigitte Bardot outside her house in Saint-Tropez. <p>On October 1, <a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-07-05/how-the-bikini-subverted-fascism-in-1950s-spain-by-entering-through-benidorm.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-07-05/how-the-bikini-subverted-fascism-in-1950s-spain-by-entering-through-benidorm.html">Brigitte Bardot</a> published <i>Mon BBcédaire</i>, a small white-covered book in the form of a notebook, reproduced in her own handwriting in blue ink. Amid crossed-out words, she pours out her thoughts in alphabetical form, from A for Abandonment to Z for Zoo. At 91 years old (she celebrated her birthday on September 28), the eternal muse of French cinema left a kind of final testament that summarizes her unfiltered personality. On the first page of the book are two unequivocal quotes from the BB philosophy: “Freedom is being yourself, even when it’s uncomfortable” and “Animals are the angels of this earth. They deserve our respect more than our apologies.”</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-12-29/the-infinite-vertigo-of-brigitte-bardot.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-11-07/wifredo-lam-the-artist-who-bridged-the-caribbean-and-europe-finally-gets-major-retrospective-at-moma.html Fri, 07 Nov 2025 11:55:29 GMT https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-11-07/wifredo-lam-the-artist-who-bridged-the-caribbean-and-europe-finally-gets-major-retrospective-at-moma.html Ana Vidal Egea His life, like his work, was complex and difficult to classify, which led him to be treated for a long time as a marginal figure within the history of Western art His life, like his work, was complex and difficult to classify, which led him to be treated for a long time as a marginal figure within the history of Western art MoMA Cuba Pablo Picasso Henri Matisse Joan Miró Max Ernst MoMA Wifredo Lam Wifredo Lam in his studio in Havana, in 1943. Wifredo Lam in his studio in Havana, in 1943. <p>Eskil, one of the sons of Cuban artist Wilfredo Lam (1902-1982), notes that his father was at once well-known and not known. Lam’s life, like his work, was complex and therefore difficult to summarize and classify, which led him to be treated for a long time as a marginal figure within the history of Western art, despite being one of the pioneers of modernism. Now, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York wants to pay him the well-deserved tribute he never received in his lifetime. “<a href="https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/5877" target="_blank" rel="" title="https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/5877">When I Don’t Sleep, I Dream</a>” is the first major retrospective of Lam’s work in the United States and the exhibition with which Christophe Cherix debuts as the new director of MoMA.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-11-07/wifredo-lam-the-artist-who-bridged-the-caribbean-and-europe-finally-gets-major-retrospective-at-moma.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/spain/2025-10-31/dolores-the-concierge-who-held-onto-a-picasso-thinking-it-was-a-mirror-i-dont-pick-up-anyones-packages-anymore.html Fri, 31 Oct 2025 17:46:36 GMT https://english.elpais.com/spain/2025-10-31/dolores-the-concierge-who-held-onto-a-picasso-thinking-it-was-a-mirror-i-dont-pick-up-anyones-packages-anymore.html Jacobo García The couple recalls the distressing days after the police found the painting. The officers even came to suspect the two were connected to the Louvre heist The couple recalls the distressing days after the police found the painting. The officers even came to suspect the two were connected to the Louvre heist Pablo Picasso Madrid FOTO: JUAN BARBOSA (EL PAÍS) picasso Dolores, in the doorway where she kept the lost Picasso. Dolores, in the doorway where she kept the lost Picasso. <img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/VA7YMYEWG5BEVCYIDSM4KQYWLM.JPG?auth=ff62290fac5b50f431f9b0219fb9df472b39d683b18e420cc91dfde1f19332c2" width="3619" height="3619" alt="Dolores, in the doorway where she kept the lost Picasso."></img><p>Dolores has a concern, almost an obsession, that keeps her awake at night, and that is that her name be cleared. She doesn’t want anyone to link her to an attempted fraud, let alone a robbery. What really matters to her is that no one in Peru thinks she wanted to steal a <a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-01-11/the-market-heats-up-for-picassos-ceramics.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-01-11/the-market-heats-up-for-picassos-ceramics.html">Picasso</a>.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/spain/2025-10-31/dolores-the-concierge-who-held-onto-a-picasso-thinking-it-was-a-mirror-i-dont-pick-up-anyones-packages-anymore.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-10-24/spanish-police-locate-missing-picasso-painting-in-madrid.html Fri, 24 Oct 2025 11:37:09 GMT https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-10-24/spanish-police-locate-missing-picasso-painting-in-madrid.html Constanza Pérez Z. All traces of the 1919 ’Still Life with Guitar’ were lost when it was moved to Granada for an exhibition. Authorities suspect the tiny artwork never left the Spanish capital in the first place All traces of the 1919 ’Still Life with Guitar’ were lost when it was moved to Granada for an exhibition. Authorities suspect the tiny artwork never left the Spanish capital in the first place Madrid Granada Pablo Picasso Picasso painting 'Still Life With Guitar', 1919, by Pablo Picasso. 'Still Life With Guitar', 1919, by Pablo Picasso. <p>Spain’s National Police have found and identified <a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-02-07/royan-picassos-refuge-in-times-of-war.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-02-07/royan-picassos-refuge-in-times-of-war.html">Pablo Picasso’s</a> 1919 painting <i>Still Life with Guitar</i>, which had been missing since October 3, when it was meant to have been transferred from Madrid to Granada for an exhibition. Officers now believe that the tiny painting, measuring about five by four inches (12.7 x 9.8 cm), may not have been loaded onto the transport truck at all, but remained behind in the capital, where it was finally located. </p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-10-24/spanish-police-locate-missing-picasso-painting-in-madrid.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-04-12/the-event-that-heralded-a-globalized-world-in-the-19th-century-and-is-still-going-strong.html Sat, 12 Apr 2025 04:00:00 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-04-12/the-event-that-heralded-a-globalized-world-in-the-19th-century-and-is-still-going-strong.html Gonzalo Robledo World’s Fairs were created to launch futuristic technology and products, but ended up selling ideas and experiences. 174 years after the first event, Osaka expects 28 million visitors from April 13 to October 13 World’s Fairs were created to launch futuristic technology and products, but ended up selling ideas and experiences. 174 years after the first event, Osaka expects 28 million visitors from April 13 to October 13 Osaka Lluís Domènech i Montaner Sou Fujimoto Barcelona Sevilla Antoni Gaudí París Pablo Picasso Salvador Dali México Argentina Library of Congress / Wikimedia / Paolo Koch, Ullstein Bild, UIP, Laura Lezza, Roger Viollet, A. T. Palmer, David Pollack (Getty Images) (EL PAÍS) The event that heralded a globalized world in the 19th century (and is still going strong) From top left, clockwise: Curro, the mascot designed by Heinz Edelmann for Expo ‘92 in Seville, above an image of the stand where the first espresso machine was presented, in Milan, in 1906. The first World's Fair, held in London in 1851. Poster for the 1933 Chicago Fair. The Tree of Life, icon of the 2015 fair, held in Milan. The United Kingdom Pavilion in Shanghai, in 2010. Poster for the same 1939 New York Expo. A giant cash register at the 1939 New York Expo. The German and Soviet pavilions in Paris, in 1937. Visitors at the World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1904. A videophone, enabling audiovisual communication, in Osaka, Japan, in 1970. From top left, clockwise: Curro, the mascot designed by Heinz Edelmann for Expo ‘92 in Seville, above an image of the stand where the first espresso machine was presented, in Milan, in 1906. The first World's Fair, held in London in 1851. Poster for the 1933 Chicago Fair. The Tree of Life, icon of the 2015 fair, held in Milan. The United Kingdom Pavilion in Shanghai, in 2010. Poster for the same 1939 New York Expo. A giant cash register at the 1939 New York Expo. The German and Soviet pavilions in Paris, in 1937. Visitors at the World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1904. A videophone, enabling audiovisual communication, in Osaka, Japan, in 1970. <p>Since their inception 174 years ago, World’s Fairs — direct descendants of traveling trade fairs — have sought to dazzle visitors with technological innovations, colossal structures and the allure of the ephemeral. Until the emergence of television and the internet, they were the perfect stage for presenting innovative products and distant worlds to the general public.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-04-12/the-event-that-heralded-a-globalized-world-in-the-19th-century-and-is-still-going-strong.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-02-07/royan-picassos-refuge-in-times-of-war.html Fri, 07 Feb 2025 11:30:45 GMT https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-02-07/royan-picassos-refuge-in-times-of-war.html Angeles García Vargas The artist’s museum in Málaga is showing for the first time eight sketchbooks made during his stay in the French seaside town between 1939 and 1940 The artist’s museum in Málaga is showing for the first time eight sketchbooks made during his stay in the French seaside town between 1939 and 1940 Pablo Picasso Málaga GrandPalaisRmn (musée national Picasso-Paris) / Mathieu Rabeau (Sucesión Pablo Picasso, VEGAP, Madrid, 2025) Picasso Royan 'Café at Royan' (1940), by Pablo Picasso. 'Café at Royan' (1940), by Pablo Picasso. <p>Pablo Picasso first came to know Royan, a small seaside resort on the French Atlantic coast, when he was married to his first wife, the Russian dancer Olga Khokhlova. It was the summer of 1923 and, together with their son Paul, the family spent two weeks there before moving to Antibes, on the Côte d’Azur, to enjoy the rest of their holidays. Years later, in the summer of 1939, the Spanish artist and his family had to leave Paris. This time not to rest, but because of the inexorable <a href="https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2023-11-09/beyond-the-angel-of-death-the-medical-establishments-role-in-nazi-horror.html" target="_blank">advance of Nazism </a>and the imminent world war that would end up breaking out on September 1.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-02-07/royan-picassos-refuge-in-times-of-war.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2024-07-21/446-million-for-a-dinosaur-the-other-kinds-of-wall-street-investments.html Sun, 21 Jul 2024 04:05:00 GMT https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2024-07-21/446-million-for-a-dinosaur-the-other-kinds-of-wall-street-investments.html Laura Salces Acebes Kenneth C. Griffin, founder of hedge fund Citadel, paid a record amount for a stegosaurus skeleton. Like him, other wealthy financiers are building up valuable collections of art and historical artifacts Kenneth C. Griffin, founder of hedge fund Citadel, paid a record amount for a stegosaurus skeleton. Like him, other wealthy financiers are building up valuable collections of art and historical artifacts Wall Street Colorado Pablo Picasso Andy Warhol Roselle Chen A Stegosaurus dinosaur fossil named Apex will be up for auction at Sotheby's in New York A Stegosaurus dinosaur fossil named Apex was auctioned off at Sotheby's in Manhattan for a record amount. A Stegosaurus dinosaur fossil named Apex was auctioned off at Sotheby's in Manhattan for a record amount. <p>The founder <a href="https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2024-07-15/bobby-jain-the-latest-guest-at-the-multibillion-dollar-hedge-fund-party.html">of the hedge fund</a> Citadel is the second richest investor in the world and, as of a few hours ago, the owner of Apex, “the largest and most complete stegosaurus ever found.” Kenneth C. Griffin paid $44.6 million for the skeleton, which is 11 feet tall and nearly 27 feet long from nose to tail<i>,</i> at an auction held on Wednesday at Sotheby’s. The final price tag shattered pre-sale estimates of between $4 million and $6 million. It is the highest amount ever paid for a dinosaur skeleton, and exceeds the $32 million paid four years ago by Abu Dhabi for Stan, a Tyrannosaurus Rex.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2024-07-21/446-million-for-a-dinosaur-the-other-kinds-of-wall-street-investments.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-06-28/mystery-tax-defaulter-settles-millions-of-euros-in-debt-by-handing-in-200-goya-artworks.html Fri, 28 Jun 2024 15:18:37 GMT https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-06-28/mystery-tax-defaulter-settles-millions-of-euros-in-debt-by-handing-in-200-goya-artworks.html Mikel Ormazabal Garmendia The art was worth $4.3 million, but even that was not enough to cover the entire owed amount, said authorities in Spain’s Basque Country. In another plot twist, the paintings and engravings theoretically belonged to a private art foundation The art was worth $4.3 million, but even that was not enough to cover the entire owed amount, said authorities in Spain’s Basque Country. In another plot twist, the paintings and engravings theoretically belonged to a private art foundation Álava Francisco de Goya El Guernica Pablo Picasso Fernando Domingo-Aldama (EL PAÍS) Tríptico de la guerra , de Aurelio Arteta The work 'Triptych of war', by Aurelio Arteta, at an exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts of Bilbao in 2013. The work 'Triptych of war', by Aurelio Arteta, at an exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts of Bilbao in 2013. <img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/Hvousdd4qWNO6C0S69L6nnnqX_c=/arc-anglerfish-eu-central-1-prod-prisa/public/BSMDLUFJO5BV5KUBLNU3QDGPUI.jpg" width="1764" height="1196" alt="The work 'Triptych of war', by Aurelio Arteta, at an exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts of Bilbao in 2013."></img><p>Someone with a very powerful estate and whose identity remains a secret has settled a tax debt worth millions of euros with authorities in Álava, in Spain’s Basque Country. And this individual partly did so by donating <a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-03-21/caprichos-disasters-disparates-and-tauromaquia-all-of-goyas-prints-together-for-the-first-time-in-one-exhibition.html">more than 200 engravings by Francisco de Goya</a> as well as 87 other works of art — among them, Aurelio Arteta’s outstanding anti-war manifesto <i>Triptych of War, </i>which has been compared<a href="https://english.elpais.com/usa/2021-11-08/pablo-picasso-from-suspicious-foreigner-to-french-national-treasure.html"> with Picasso’</a>s<i> Guernica </i>and was completed just a year later, in 1937. All this art, which was valued at €4.3 million, came from the collection of a private institution, the Juan Celaya Letamendia Foundation.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-06-28/mystery-tax-defaulter-settles-millions-of-euros-in-debt-by-handing-in-200-goya-artworks.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-06-03/adolf-hitlers-immeasurable-legacy-as-a-looter-of-works-of-art.html Mon, 03 Jun 2024 16:33:21 GMT https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-06-03/adolf-hitlers-immeasurable-legacy-as-a-looter-of-works-of-art.html David Granda Pieces stolen by the Nazi regime in occupied Europe star in three ambitious simultaneous exhibitions in Austria Pieces stolen by the Nazi regime in occupied Europe star in three ambitious simultaneous exhibitions in Austria Adolf Hitler Austria Linz Pablo Picasso Pieter Brueghel "El Viejo" Gustav Klimt Eva Kraft Adolf Hitler’s immeasurable legacy as a looter of works of art The transport of the works of art to the Altaussee salt mine in a photograph from the archive of the Lentos Museum in Linz. The transport of the works of art to the Altaussee salt mine in a photograph from the archive of the Lentos Museum in Linz. <img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/rccIGTyEEJVfPP4FqgmIHTPAYUg=/arc-anglerfish-eu-central-1-prod-prisa/public/C7JXXISDRFEQDNZIW35XDKRCZ4.jpg" width="2272" height="1520" alt="The transport of the works of art to the Altaussee salt mine in a photograph from the archive of the Lentos Museum in Linz."></img><p>Everything is breathtaking in Salzkammergut. In this alpine region where picturesque villages such as Hallstatt, primary forests, lakes, and the Dachstein glacier flourish, the Nazis hid a treasure trove of almost 10,000 works of art underground. A total of 1,428 pieces came from Austria’s most important national museums, such as the Belvedere, the Albertina, and the Museum of Art History in Vienna, but most of them were works looted in Europe under the occupation of the Third Reich, which <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-03-10/the-hitler-diaries-a-modern-robin-hood-tale-or-revisionism-of-nazi-crimes.html">Hitler</a> planned to use as the basis of the megalomaniacal Führer Museum in Linz.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-06-03/adolf-hitlers-immeasurable-legacy-as-a-looter-of-works-of-art.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/RmK57gK9xFIWoNKxVmNuZfENRxc=/arc-anglerfish-eu-central-1-prod-prisa/public/F5UHIQGLAVC6VJWVSYHGY372P4.png" width="1500" height="1000" alt="Some of the works that make up the exhibition 'The Journey of the Paintings' in an image provided by the Lentos Museum. "></img><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/A9ikvb3dwhFgFfkXkisIZuWT7xA=/arc-anglerfish-eu-central-1-prod-prisa/public/FDA7IUYCDNA55AV2NGZZVM6PYI.jpg" width="1535" height="2272" alt="The transfer of works to the Altaussee mine in 1943 in a photograph by Eva Kraft. "></img><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/SWCemHCeTMnWjLFltSXEX-2U4-k=/arc-anglerfish-eu-central-1-prod-prisa/public/GNA2KAF6QJCMBGEUYZXRVIJ2EY.png" width="3544" height="2642" alt="The painting 'Jupiter and Antiope' in a snapshot provided by the Lentos Museum in Linz."></img> https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-03-22/the-time-the-world-changed-paris-at-the-beginning-of-the-20th-century.html Fri, 22 Mar 2024 23:07:42 GMT https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-03-22/the-time-the-world-changed-paris-at-the-beginning-of-the-20th-century.html Guillermo Altares Lucendo The exhibition ‘Modern Paris’ at the Petit Palais reflects the profound transformations that culture, industry, and everyday life experienced at the turn of the century The exhibition ‘Modern Paris’ at the Petit Palais reflects the profound transformations that culture, industry, and everyday life experienced at the turn of the century París Jean Renoir Pablo Picasso Gérard Blot / RMN-GP (EL PAÍS) La Revue Nègre Colin Paul (1892-1985), poster for La Révue Nègre (Musée Franco-Américain du château de Blérancourt). Colin Paul (1892-1985), poster for La Révue Nègre (Musée Franco-Américain du château de Blérancourt). <img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/zAzw_NjjFK-aMdhnXidCyLBJ7gw=/arc-anglerfish-eu-central-1-prod-prisa/public/RS2BTOWL4VCUXCV6TLRRWWRNB4.jpg" width="4096" height="5435" alt="Colin Paul (1892-1985), poster for La Révue Nègre (Musée Franco-Américain du château de Blérancourt)."></img><p>Rarely in history can you identify a time and place where the world changed. One of them was Paris in the first two decades of the 20th century, when the city experienced a revolution not only in culture and artistic creativity, but also in industry and mobility.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-03-22/the-time-the-world-changed-paris-at-the-beginning-of-the-20th-century.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/LiRJbjaZAFZtEZFMXj4NkNwqIvM=/arc-anglerfish-eu-central-1-prod-prisa/public/AHINDE6D6RDIPCVKU5JX2YAIEA.jpg" width="4356" height="3475" alt="'Noire et blanche, Kiki de Montparnasse', 1926 Photographie de Man Ray"></img><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/5Z77l2MAbLFZEGhPciaYoFWUOtI=/arc-anglerfish-eu-central-1-prod-prisa/public/MSLKQ7DRDZCBNEIN4AXXLAMMVI.jpeg" width="4433" height="3670" alt="Marie Vassilieff, 'Scipion l'Africain,' 1916"></img><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/j1j1oU08qfMFdWwI4WeJvce5ak8=/arc-anglerfish-eu-central-1-prod-prisa/public/QO7SSDYRKFFBJHAJJDZSYAUIAE.jpg" width="6144" height="4094" alt="'Effet d'un obus dans la nuit,' (1915), by Georges Bertin Scott, known as Scott de Plagnolles (1873-1942). Paris, Musée de l'Armée."></img><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/MylAcsZxI2Zr4NwCo68qRlN53YM=/arc-anglerfish-eu-central-1-prod-prisa/public/SF5AZTALIVBQZEQGQRB3UBO5C4.jpg" width="4761" height="3320" alt="Francois Pompon, Ours Blanc,1922-1925."></img> https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-03-05/alexander-liberman-the-silver-fox-who-spent-12-years-chasing-picasso-chagall-and-matisse.html Tue, 05 Mar 2024 23:04:00 GMT https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-03-05/alexander-liberman-the-silver-fox-who-spent-12-years-chasing-picasso-chagall-and-matisse.html Ianko López The celebrated editor would go on to amass over 10,000 portraits of legendary artists, taken in intimate settings over the course of more than a decade, for his masterpiece collection, ‘The Artist in His Studio,’ published in 1960 The celebrated editor would go on to amass over 10,000 portraits of legendary artists, taken in intimate settings over the course of more than a decade, for his masterpiece collection, ‘The Artist in His Studio,’ published in 1960 Pablo Picasso Bettmann Archive Alexander Liberman Standing Outside Alexander Liberman’s 55-ton futuristic sculpture, ‘The Way,’ is on display at the Laumeier Sculpture Park in St. Louis, Missouri. It is one of two parks in the United States dedicated to the outdoor exhibition of contemporary sculpture. Alexander Liberman’s 55-ton futuristic sculpture, ‘The Way,’ is on display at the Laumeier Sculpture Park in St. Louis, Missouri. It is one of two parks in the United States dedicated to the outdoor exhibition of contemporary sculpture. <p>This year, EL PAÍS’s exhibition space at the International Contemporary Art Fair in Spain (March 6-10 at the IFEMA center in Madrid) is dedicated to the relationship between Mallorcan painter<a href="https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2019/06/06/inenglish/1559818551_338301.html"> Miquel Barceló</a> and Spanish-French photographer Jean Marie del Moral. Over the past four decades, Del Moral has documented, in images, the life and creative trajectory of Barceló — one of Spain’s most renowned contemporary painters — with special attention focused on the artist’s creative process. Since first meeting Joan Miró in the artist’s studio in Barcelona, Jean Marie del Moral has gone on to accumulate a vast body of work featuring images of artists in their studios: from Antonio Saura to Julian Schnabel, to Miguel Ángel Campano and Antoni Tàpies.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-03-05/alexander-liberman-the-silver-fox-who-spent-12-years-chasing-picasso-chagall-and-matisse.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-01-21/gassed-by-singer-sargent-the-restoration-of-a-masterpiece-to-narrate-contemporary-war.html Sun, 21 Jan 2024 03:00:00 GMT https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-01-21/gassed-by-singer-sargent-the-restoration-of-a-masterpiece-to-narrate-contemporary-war.html Rafa De Miguel The Imperial War Museum in London has made the canvas the centerpiece of its new gallery. The restoration has allowed for the discovery of new colors and greater depth within the work The Imperial War Museum in London has made the canvas the centerpiece of its new gallery. The restoration has allowed for the discovery of new colors and greater depth within the work John Singer Sargent Claude Monet Pablo Picasso El Guernica Virginia Woolf Diego Rivera EL PAÍS ‘Gassed,’ by Singer Sargent: the restoration of a masterpiece to narrate contemporary war A row of soldiers in 'Gassed' (1919), a painting by John Singer Sargent. A row of soldiers in 'Gassed' (1919), a painting by John Singer Sargent. <img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/mnfRbsnGJHcshGeHamlkCu6F6Fo=/arc-anglerfish-eu-central-1-prod-prisa/public/K2M2DNBOQRELLOOUDGTYG5AKXI.jpg" width="10585" height="4493" alt="A row of soldiers in 'Gassed' (1919), a painting by John Singer Sargent."></img><p>Near the end of <a href="https://english.elpais.com/opinion/2023-11-23/to-call-ourselves-civilization.html">World War I</a>, John Singer Sargent came across a group of soldiers. Victims of mustard gas, they were blinded by bandages, which tried to relieve the unbearable pain in their eyes. Resting their arms on the shoulders of their comrades, they marched in an orderly row of desolation. As he observed this, the painter found a new language to narrate the wars of the 20th century.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-01-21/gassed-by-singer-sargent-the-restoration-of-a-masterpiece-to-narrate-contemporary-war.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/bqh-Tj6iKnDvtDbnlJrW2cTwB0k=/arc-anglerfish-eu-central-1-prod-prisa/public/GVBEF7FLQ5BEJJZPZREJN7HUTM.jpg" width="3508" height="2339" alt=" A group of workers return Singer Sargent's canvas to the Imperial War Museum after its restoration, on July 19, 2023. "></img><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/PlswHVuaUfc0AMpYZZE_bvLxem0=/arc-anglerfish-eu-central-1-prod-prisa/public/VAQ4LP3RPBGVJKSW3N5PCXWLVM.jpg" width="3508" height="2339" alt="A group of soldiers, victims of mustard gas, on the right side of the canvas."></img><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/uzZ-ERYGIV3u_fDxDeA-c3VvSkA=/arc-anglerfish-eu-central-1-prod-prisa/public/EBGDOUV4IVDLFDRTIC2XFLR62E.jpg" width="3508" height="2339" alt="A soldier plays soccer, in the background of Singer Sargent's painting."></img><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/HQXViad1J0B6oRzjdl5g_jQhsl8=/arc-anglerfish-eu-central-1-prod-prisa/public/MXWX5AXLZRG6XDSKAHPDOPRNZ4.jpg" width="3508" height="2339" alt="Phil Young, the chief conservator, works on the painting 'Gassed.' "></img> https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-01-11/the-market-heats-up-for-picassos-ceramics.html Thu, 11 Jan 2024 15:16:36 GMT https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-01-11/the-market-heats-up-for-picassos-ceramics.html Miguel Ángel García Vega The rise of pottery as an artistic discipline and the artist’s large body of earthen works, with pieces priced at as little as $500 and as much as $3 million, have prompted the sale of almost all of the pottery created by the famous painter The rise of pottery as an artistic discipline and the artist’s large body of earthen works, with pieces priced at as little as $500 and as much as $3 million, have prompted the sale of almost all of the pottery created by the famous painter Pablo Picasso REPORTERS ASSOCIES (Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images) Pablo Picasso and Marc Chagall in 1948 Pablo Picasso and Marc Chagall in Madoura’s ceramics workshop in 1948, in Vallauris, France. Pablo Picasso and Marc Chagall in Madoura’s ceramics workshop in 1948, in Vallauris, France. <p>When Picasso learned to bake and shape the earth, everything changed. He transformed a craft — pottery — into an art. In 2023, works by the artist in the category of “decorative arts” sold for a total of $16,983,850 (prior to November 11, and according to the art information platform MutualArt.com). Up for auction were 1,468 ceramic pieces, of which 1,098, or 75% of the total, were sold. On October 30, the global auction house Christie’s put 89 pieces on the market. All of them sold, bringing in just over $3 million. Christie’s top competitor, Sotheby’s, also proved that the fire of genius is as profitable as ever. The seller held two auctions of ceramics, one in April, in London, and another in September, in New York. A total of 176 works were sold, or 96% of the total available. Collectors from 35 countries bid on the pieces. There were some surprises, too: <a href="https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/picasso-ceramics-online/pablo-picasso-1881-1973-38/192548?ldp_breadcrumb=back" target="_blank"><i>Visage aux yeux rieurs</i></a> (Face with laughing eyes, in English), a glazed ceramic pitcher, fetched a staggering 165,100 pounds sterling (more than $210,000), setting a world record for that piece of white fired clay. To some, it may sound like a “reasonable” amount when talking about a Picasso. But it is a ceramic jug that was reproduced 350 times, with a starting price set at 40,000 pounds.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-01-11/the-market-heats-up-for-picassos-ceramics.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-01-04/picasso-passes-the-baton-to-dali.html Thu, 04 Jan 2024 19:19:34 GMT https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-01-04/picasso-passes-the-baton-to-dali.html Estrella de Diego 2024 will mark 120 years since the birth of the Catalan artist Dalí, perhaps making it an optimal moment to rethink his extraordinary timelessness 2024 will mark 120 years since the birth of the Catalan artist Dalí, perhaps making it an optimal moment to rethink his extraordinary timelessness Pablo Picasso Salvador Dali Getty Dalí Picasso Dalí, portrayed in 1949 and Picasso, in his Parisian studio, in an undated photo. Dalí, portrayed in 1949 and Picasso, in his Parisian studio, in an undated photo. <p>Recently I asked a person with strong ties to the 50th anniversary of Picasso’s death — 2023 was filled to the brim with related events — what new perspectives had been introduced by the yearlong celebration. They didn’t hesitate: it had reinforced Picasso’s link to Spain by underscoring his lesser-known ties to the country’s everyday life, from A Coruña to strolls down the Prado Museum. The answer led me to reflect. <a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-11-13/picassos-summer-of-1906-80-days-that-changed-the-history-of-art.html">Picasso</a>, despite having garnered little sympathy from the Francoist authorities, has been one of the greatest representatives of “Spanishness.” Gertrude Stein spoke in 1938 of an “orientalist” Picasso, one who embodies the well-known Spanish temperament, that which had fascinated French writers and artists since before Manet. In other words, Picasso was “exotic,” <i>ma non troppo</i>, similar to the Spain constructed by the country’s Royal Tourist Board in the campaigns it displayed in France in 1929: “The comfort of Europe / the exuberance of Africa / await you in Spain.”</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-01-04/picasso-passes-the-baton-to-dali.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-12-03/must-a-woman-turn-93-before-her-artistic-achievements-are-recognized.html Sun, 03 Dec 2023 04:00:00 GMT https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-12-03/must-a-woman-turn-93-before-her-artistic-achievements-are-recognized.html Ana Vidal Egea Even after a remarkable career in art, Faith Ringgold hadn’t been the subject of a retrospective until just shy of her centennial. It will take decades to achieve equal representation of women’s work in museums Even after a remarkable career in art, Faith Ringgold hadn’t been the subject of a retrospective until just shy of her centennial. It will take decades to achieve equal representation of women’s work in museums MoMA Tate Modern Pablo Picasso Cecilia Vicuña Artemisia Gentileschi Charlie J. Ercilla ( ALAMY / CORDON PRESS ) Must a woman turn 93 before her artistic achievements are recognized? Faith Ringgold in the Serpentine Galleries in London, June 5, 2019. Faith Ringgold in the Serpentine Galleries in London, June 5, 2019. <p>The first retrospective of the <a href="https://english.elpais.com/usa/2023-03-08/when-the-blacklivesmatter-movement-took-over-new-york.html">African-American artist</a> Faith Ringgold (Harlem, 1930) in Chicago opened on November 18 in the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA). It forms part of the MCA’s Women Artists Initiative, which since 2015 has put $1 million annually toward the acquisition of work made by women, in search of achieving gender equity in the museum. It is also one of the first bilingual exhibitions, another of the museum’s strategies to be more inclusive of the Spanish-speaking community. However, although the recognition of the magnitude of the artistic trajectory of Ringgold symbolizes the re-equilibration of the artistic canon, it does raise many questions: the retrospective is also the artist’s first solo show in the city. Why now, after 60 years of career and when she is 93 years old?</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-12-03/must-a-woman-turn-93-before-her-artistic-achievements-are-recognized.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-11-25/a-donatello-among-the-nfts.html Sat, 25 Nov 2023 16:03:11 GMT https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-11-25/a-donatello-among-the-nfts.html Ángela Molina Crypto-art’s dazzling success stemmed from its nature as a speculative investment, not from enjoyment of the artwork. That is also the reason for its current decline Crypto-art’s dazzling success stemmed from its nature as a speculative investment, not from enjoyment of the artwork. That is also the reason for its current decline NFT Banksy Leonardo da Vinci Pablo Picasso David Hockney EL PAÍS A Donatello among the NFTs Beeple's work 'Everydays: The First 5,000 Days.' Beeple's work 'Everydays: The First 5,000 Days.' <img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/645qTCU4Kk49t7l5kAaNqANPVFE=/arc-anglerfish-eu-central-1-prod-prisa/public/S5OF7XLXBRFGXE4YU56P6WFN4U.jpg" width="2560" height="1440" alt="Beeple's work 'Everydays: The First 5,000 Days.'"></img><p>Just two years ago, when most art historians still doubted the authenticity of the <i>Salvator Mundi</i> (a work attributed to Leonardo, which went for $450 million at auction) and were stunned by the resale of street artist Banksy’s self-destroying painting<i> Girl with a Balloon</i> (which fetched $22,920,450), there was another significant shock at Christie’s New York headquarters. <a href="https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2023-05-01/an-nft-sold-for-29-million-is-now-worth-280-has-the-bubble-burst.html">A digital NFT</a> (non-fungible token) entitled <i>Everydays: The First 5,000 Days</i> by American designer Beeple sold for $69.3 million to a mysterious buyer, alias Metakovan (who was later revealed to be Indian billionaire Vignesh Sundaresan). The prized work was actually a digital collage composed of images that its creator had been sharing on the internet since 2007; thus, the Sandokan of the moment had just paid a millionaire for the (unsurpassed) oxymoron of an “original copy.”</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-11-25/a-donatello-among-the-nfts.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-11-22/el-greco-dialogues-with-picasso-the-new-life-of-the-european-paintings-collection-at-the-met-in-new-york.html Wed, 22 Nov 2023 17:00:57 GMT https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-11-22/el-greco-dialogues-with-picasso-the-new-life-of-the-european-paintings-collection-at-the-met-in-new-york.html María Antonia Sánchez-Vallejo Cobo The renovation of the 45 rooms — which house almost 700 paintings that were created between 1300 and 1800 — has lasted five years and cost $150 million The renovation of the 45 rooms — which house almost 700 paintings that were created between 1300 and 1800 — has lasted five years and cost $150 million El Greco Pablo Picasso Hyla Skopitz (MET) Una de las salas de pintura europea del Met, en la que puede apreciarse el nuevo sistema de iluminación natural. One of the rooms at the Met that houses the European Paintings collections. The new natural lighting system can be seen, in an image provided by the museum. One of the rooms at the Met that houses the European Paintings collections. The new natural lighting system can be seen, in an image provided by the museum. <img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/lnhlQKutSrWOH1gu3euZivMLwc0=/arc-anglerfish-eu-central-1-prod-prisa/public/M5JVOHCCFRFW3JX3RHCE4AEIFY.jpg" width="8192" height="5464" alt="One of the rooms at the Met that houses the European Paintings collections. The new natural lighting system can be seen, in an image provided by the museum."></img><p>This past Monday, <a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-06-05/the-met-in-new-york-takes-on-the-cultural-property-debate.html">the Metropolitan Museum of Art (the Met) in New York City</a> reopened the 45 rooms that make up the European Paintings collection, after the completion of a renovation that began in 2018. This part of the gallery hosts works that were created between 1300 and 1800. It’s now illuminated more naturally, thanks to large skylights.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-11-22/el-greco-dialogues-with-picasso-the-new-life-of-the-european-paintings-collection-at-the-met-in-new-york.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/kvcEQ0vYuYLdHKWRFPYIBQIjYSM=/arc-anglerfish-eu-central-1-prod-prisa/public/7BSPPW7DWFH7FBFAAA3GCSYFXI.jpg" width="8112" height="5411" alt="A painting by Picasso sandwiched between two by El Greco, in a room dedicated to the latter."></img><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/_YjMWlqcOYEi1suKrmpzZAqwklk=/arc-anglerfish-eu-central-1-prod-prisa/public/443X3DOMAJB4BITQNB6J6X3M54.jpg" width="8688" height="5792" alt="A room at the Met, dedicated to Hispanic art of the Americas (1550-1820)."></img> https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-11-14/diana-widmaier-picassos-granddaughter-my-grandfather-liked-the-smell-of-women-and-paint.html Tue, 14 Nov 2023 20:30:00 GMT https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-11-14/diana-widmaier-picassos-granddaughter-my-grandfather-liked-the-smell-of-women-and-paint.html Martín Bianchi Tasso She holds a PhD in art history from the Sorbonne and is an expert in Picasso’s work. Now, she has created a candle collection for the Amen company that is inspired by the Spanish artist She holds a PhD in art history from the Sorbonne and is an expert in Picasso’s work. Now, she has created a candle collection for the Amen company that is inspired by the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso Katharina Kaminski (EL PAÍS) Diana Widmaier nieta Picasso Diana Widmaier Picasso, painter Pablo Picasso’s granddaughter, next to one of the candles she created for Amen. Diana Widmaier Picasso, painter Pablo Picasso’s granddaughter, next to one of the candles she created for Amen. <p>What would Picasso’s artworks smell like? <i>Guernica</i> would probably stink of smoke from Civil War bombings; <i>Les Demoiselles d’Avignon</i> would give off the scent of Provence’s lavender fields; <i>Boy with a Pipe</i> would reek of tobacco; and <i>Portrait of Jaime Sabartés</i> would be infused with the mild aroma of beer. Diana Widmaier Picasso, 49, the Spanish artist’s granddaughter, has been thinking about this and other unusual aspects of her grandfather’s legacy all her life. Whenever it seems that everything has been said and written about the legendary modern artist, she appears to discover something new (or not so new). “My grandfather liked the smell of women and paint,” says the expert in <a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-11-13/picassos-summer-of-1906-80-days-that-changed-the-history-of-art.html">Picasso’s paintings</a> and guardian of her family’s secrets.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-11-14/diana-widmaier-picassos-granddaughter-my-grandfather-liked-the-smell-of-women-and-paint.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-11-13/picassos-summer-of-1906-80-days-that-changed-the-history-of-art.html Mon, 13 Nov 2023 02:11:00 GMT https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-11-13/picassos-summer-of-1906-80-days-that-changed-the-history-of-art.html Angeles García Vargas An exhibition at the Reina Sofía Museum in Madrid portrays how a trip to a small village on the Spanish side of the Pyrenees brought the famous painter out of his artistic block An exhibition at the Reina Sofía Museum in Madrid portrays how a trip to a small village on the Spanish side of the Pyrenees brought the famous painter out of his artistic block Pablo Picasso Mondadori Portfolio / ZUMAPRESS.com / Cordon Press Mondadori History and Vintage Collection - June 6, 2023 Fernande Olivier and Pablo Picasso, in an undated photograph. Fernande Olivier and Pablo Picasso, in an undated photograph. <p>Gósol is a small town in the Pyrenees mountain range, located about 93 miles from Barcelona. At an altitude of 4,668 feet, past ascending roads full of curves, it’s not easy to reach. Of course, it was far more difficult to get to Gósol in May of 1906, when Pablo Picasso decided to isolate himself for a while in the town with Fernande Olivier, the model who became the artist’s first great love. They were both 24 years old.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-11-13/picassos-summer-of-1906-80-days-that-changed-the-history-of-art.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p><img src="https://cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/prisa/ZUE4JYP2YNGE5KFVILOI4NR5VE.jpg" width="5760" height="7325" alt="The oil painting, Head of a Young Woman (1906), by Pablo Picasso. "></img><img src="https://cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/prisa/U6RF5RVJDRAENJS7K5MZIMRJAA.tif" width="2124" height="2904" alt="A photograph of Fernande Olivier – Picasso’s first love – taken between 1906 and 1909."></img><img src="https://cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/prisa/ILIQPIMT5ZAZRBUWIL5QZC2V5A.jpg" width="5177" height="7205" alt="Woman Combing her Hair (1906), a bronze sculpture by Pablo Picasso. "></img> https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2023-11-12/investing-in-art-a-profitable-activity-just-for-a-select-few.html Sun, 12 Nov 2023 16:58:46 GMT https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2023-11-12/investing-in-art-a-profitable-activity-just-for-a-select-few.html Fernando Belinchón The real estate consultancy Knight Frank puts out a Luxury Investment Index, which has identified works of artwork as being the most profitable passion asset of 2023, offering a 30% return on average The real estate consultancy Knight Frank puts out a Luxury Investment Index, which has identified works of artwork as being the most profitable passion asset of 2023, offering a 30% return on average Pablo Picasso Kirsty Wigglesworth (AP) Klimt Gustav Klimt's 'Lady with a Fan' is displayed at Sotheby's auction rooms in London, Tuesday, June 20, 2023. Gustav Klimt's 'Lady with a Fan' is displayed at Sotheby's auction rooms in London, Tuesday, June 20, 2023. <p>With a varying but undeniable frequency, works of art — sooner or later — make headlines when gavels are banged at auctions. As demonstrated by the most expensive piece up for grabs so far in 2023, it’s clear that art — in addition to being beautiful — can be very profitable if the stars align.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2023-11-12/investing-in-art-a-profitable-activity-just-for-a-select-few.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-11-12/ruins-revenge-and-abandonment-in-the-mansion-that-belonged-to-andy-warhols-gallerist.html Sun, 12 Nov 2023 11:52:39 GMT https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-11-12/ruins-revenge-and-abandonment-in-the-mansion-that-belonged-to-andy-warhols-gallerist.html Diego Parrado The residence that belonged to Alexander Iolas — the Greek-American gallerist who discovered Andy Warhol — was looted and vandalized after his death in 1987. However, as with all martyrdom sites, it has become a temple that still attracts devotees of contemporary art The residence that belonged to Alexander Iolas — the Greek-American gallerist who discovered Andy Warhol — was looted and vandalized after his death in 1987. However, as with all martyrdom sites, it has become a temple that still attracts devotees of contemporary art Andy Warhol Pablo Picasso ©GETTY IMAGES (EL PAÍS) alexander iolas en su casa Alexander Iolas, pictured at his home in Athens, in 1983. In the background, there’s a sculpted bar in the shape of a cat, designed by Claude & François-Xavier Lallane. Alexander Iolas, pictured at his home in Athens, in 1983. In the background, there’s a sculpted bar in the shape of a cat, designed by Claude & François-Xavier Lallane. ©GETTY IMAGES (EL PAÍS) escultura alexander iolas A sculpture – inspired by Magritte's version of 'Madame de Recamier' – by Jean-Jacques David. A sculpture – inspired by Magritte's version of 'Madame de Recamier' – by Jean-Jacques David. ©GETTY (EL PAÍS) ruinas alexander iolas The current state of Villa Iolas. The current state of Villa Iolas. ©SHUTTERS (EL PAÍS) TERRAZA ALEXANDER IOLAS A view of the villa’s terrace, with works by the sculptor Takis, in 1981. A view of the villa’s terrace, with works by the sculptor Takis, in 1981. ©Getty Images (EL PAÍS) alexander iolas icon design 114 An ancient relief carving and a sculpture by the artist Marina Karella, at the foot of the stairs of Villa Iolas, in 1983. An ancient relief carving and a sculpture by the artist Marina Karella, at the foot of the stairs of Villa Iolas, in 1983. ©GETTY IMAGES (EL PAÍS) alexander iolas bailando Alexander Iolas dancing, in the late-1920s. Alexander Iolas dancing, in the late-1920s. <p>She called herself Maria Callas. And, like the Greek mythological character Medea, she unleashed a tragedy with her revenge.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-11-12/ruins-revenge-and-abandonment-in-the-mansion-that-belonged-to-andy-warhols-gallerist.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p>