Picasso’s Turning Point

For all of you Picasso fans- and let’s face it, have you ever met anyone who was like, “Picasso… Meh.”- Barnaby Wright curates Becoming Picasso: Paris 1901 at the Courtauld Gallery in London, and is out to demonstrate why this particular year was the turning point in Picasso’s life as an artist, his breakthrough year. In case the UK’s not on the books before May 26th, The Economist has published a short video of the show’s highlights with Dr. Wright narrating (I love Picasso’s glowing self portrait, Yo Picasso- he had such fire in his eyes). A worthwhile 6 minutes and 16 seconds of your day, view it here.

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