The Harvard Art Museums’ “Picasso: War, Combat, and Revolution,” which debuted on Jan. 20 centers around the themes and concepts highlighted in one of the Spanish painter’s most famous ...

As Rene G. Cepeda wrote, both Brecht and Picasso in “Guernica” used “art as a weapon for social change.” ... death and war as the broken shards of life in Picasso’s “Guernica.” ...

Yet through all of this, Picasso was back in Paris, mired in personal turmoil and emotionally detached from the war. He was still in the grips of a bitter and drawn-out legal battle with his ...

Hugh Eakin’s new book, “Picasso’s War,” features plenty of cultural heroes and heroines. By Phillip Lopate When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an ...

In “Picasso’s War,” Hugh Eakin, an editor at Foreign Affairs, relates how a handful of American admirers waged a three-decade battle of taste to create a museum and a market for modern ...

Resolute in her beliefs, Maar was instrumental in encouraging Picasso’s political awareness, which culminated in anti-war painting 'Guernica.' ...

Picasso moved to Royan on September 2, 1939, the day before the declaration of war between France and Germany. He was already 58 and had achieved major international success, breaking into a new ...

They launched a war against it. “Degenerate Art,” an exhibition in Paris on modern art’s greatest crisis, is about culture wars and where they can lead. March 14, 2025 ...

Among them is photographer and Picasso model Dora Maar (Samantha Colley), a political activist during the Spanish Civil War who had been instrumental in persuading Picasso to use his art to wage ...

Picasso Sells for $139.4 Million, Despite a Sagging Art Market The blue-chip collection of Emily Fisher Landau sold at Sotheby’s on Wednesday night for a total of $406.4 million. Share full article ...

The Harvard Art Museums’ “Picasso: War, Combat, and Revolution,” which debuted on Jan. 20 centers around the themes and concepts highlighted in one of the Spanish painter’s most famous works: ...