Pablo Picasso

...of Basel Miami star Acquavella Galleries says he's bringing pieces ranging from $45,000 (a Lucian Freud etching) to an $8.5 million Picasso. In June, when the Art Basel fair is held in Switzerland, sales were strong. We believe the art...

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...and elaborate illustrations for his own books. Now Alasdair Gray, one of Scotland's greatest living writers, has followed Pablo Picasso and Prince Charles by designing his first label for a drink bottle. The author of the modern...

In this article: Alasdair Gray, Walt Disney, Glasgow, Scottish whisky, St Andrew's Day, and National Trust for Scotland

...victory in the Second World War, designed by Philippe Jullian. Subsequent artists over the next 60 years included Salvador Dali, Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol and in 2004 Prince Charles, in a special label to celebrate the 100th anniversary...

In this article: Alasdair Gray, Second World War, Salvador Dali, Prince Charles, Lanark, Andy Warhol, and Glasgow School of Art

...a call to "draw. " At which point they sit down at opposite ends of the bar and start to scribble. "It's a formula," Picasso scoffs when he finally gets a look at Einstein's paper and sees the famous equation. Einstein's cutting reply,...

In this article: Steve Martin, Albert Einstein, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Gaston, and Philosophy

...to "The Wild Bunch" as an existential adventure story. Clouzot's "The Mystery of Picasso" was a unique art documentary that followed Picasso as he worked on a transparent "canvas" designed to give Clouzot's camera a unique perspective...

In this article: Henri-Georges Clouzot, Duck Soup, Marx Brothers, Groucho, Nationalism, The Mystery of Picasso, The Wages of Fear, and Romy Schneider

...father from a Scout camp in France to the Paris World Exposition. They went only to the Spanish pavilion - for Picasso's Guernica. He had an amazing memory to the last but blotted out the exhibited photographs of civil war atrocities,...

In this article: John Craxton, Lucian Freud, Bedsore, Crete, Samuel Palmer, Frederick Ashton, and Margot Fonteyn

...and beauty potions to a dilapidated looking Marilyn Monroe. "It sounds pretentious to say that I'm doing the same thing as Picasso when he reinterpreted 'Las Meninas,' but that's truly it - though perhaps I'm doing it less well. Artists...

In this article: Paris, Las Meninas, Theodore Gericault, Junk food, Bread, Coke, and Iraq War

...the course of dance all over the world, for ever. In the process, he makes stars not only of his dancers, but also of his collaborators. Even Picasso acknowledged that Diaghilev had given his career a helping hand. Debussy called him "that...

In this article: Sergei Diaghilev, Ballets Russes, Nijinsky, Igor Stravinsky, Le Sacre du Printemps, Parade, Richard Buckle, and Leonid Massine

'The First Marriage (A Marriage of Styles I)' (1962) Hockney, the most virtuoso draughtsman since Picasso, has always, like Picasso, needed to test new styles to resist his easy brilliance, while exploring the possibilities and...

In this article: David Hockney, Nottingham Contemporary, Constantine Cavafy, New York, Charcoal, Nottingham, Living Doll, and The Rake's Progress

...frame to fight climate change Signed linocut by Picasso offered in 10:10 competition Vallauris - 1956 Exposition is an original Pablo Picasso linocut. Photograph: 10:10 Ever fancied owning an original Picasso? How about a signed one?

In this article: Climate change and Global warming