Cubism - Finestre sull'Arte

Rare early Picasso painting goes up for auction in Paris

A rare early work by Pablo Picasso (Malaga, 1881 - Mougins, 1973) will go up for auction next Wednesday, June 5, at Bonhams Cornette de Saint Cyr in Paris. It is a painting executed by a Picasso in his early twenties, around 1900: titled El campanar ...
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In Padua, Palazzo Zabarella hosts masterpieces of French modernism from the Brooklyn Museum, from Monet to Matisse

From December 16, 2023 to May 12, 2024, Palazzo Zabarella in Padua hosts the exhibition From Monet to Matisse. French Moderns, 1850-1950, curated by Lisa Small, Senior Curator of European Art, and Richard Aste, former Curator of European Art, both st...
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Pablo Picasso "domestic": a walk through his childhood home in Malaga and the museum dedicated to him

Malaga is the city inAndalusia known for being the birthplace of Pablo Picasso (Malaga, 1881 - Mougins, 1973). On the plaza de la Merced, in the heart of Malaga, is Picasso's childhood home, as well as the headquarters of the Fundación Pic...
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Art and sport. Athletics according to Robert Delaunay

The eighth Olympic Games were held in 1924 in Paris. Theathletics program, what is now known as the "queen" discipline of the Olympics, is held July 6-13, at the Stade Olympique in Colombes, a suburb of the French capital not far from Argenteuil. The...
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David Bowie liked Picasso

If you find yourself discussing rock with someone who has sufficient musical culture and at the same time a certain intolerance of stars, you will most likely hear that David Bowie was not a genius because he did not invent anything. Because the ...
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Renoir, Van Gogh and Picasso: Detroit portraits compared

If we were to imagine standing next to great artists such as Renoir, Van Gogh and Picasso and being able to ask them in what way they were preparing to paint a portrait, we would surely get rather different, if not even antithetical, consideratio...
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