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Picasso painting sells for a record $179 million
11 May 2015
A painting by the iconic abstract artist sold for a record $179,365,000 at an auction Monday in New York, a Christie's spokesperson said.
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Picasso painting worth $1m won in raffle by US man
19 December 2013
A cubist painting by Picasso, valued at $1m (£610,000) has been won by a 25-year-old American art lover in a charity raffle.
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Happy Birthday, Pablo Picasso!
Oct. 25, 2013
Pablo Picasso, who was born on October 25, 1881, illuminated much of the next nine decades with his towering, irrepressible genius. Proceeds will benefit the ancient Lebanese city of Tyre, an UNESCO World Heritage Site, to help preserve its ruins and artifacts and increase employment in the former port town.
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For Just $135, You Could Own a Real Picasso Painting
Oct. 09, 2013
The preservation organization is raffling off “Man with Opera Hat,†a 12-inch by 9 inch cubist drawing from 1914 bearing the painter’s signature. Proceeds will benefit the ancient Lebanese city of Tyre, an UNESCO World Heritage Site, to help preserve its ruins and artifacts and increase employment in the former port town.
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Why Larry Ellison Calls Steve Jobs Another Picasso And What It Teaches Us About Creativity
Sep 16, 2013
Ellison's comparison makes perfect sense-Edison, Picasso, and Jobs were inventors and innovators. But Picasso, especially, had a profound influence on the Apple co-founder.
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Picasso's mistress leads sale of modern masterpieces
Feb 3, 2013
A portrait of one of Pablo Picassos mistresses, considered to be among his most important works, will lead a sale of Impressionist and Modern Art at Sotheby's this week.
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Picasso, Monet stolen in Dutch heist
Oct 16, 2012
Thieves broke into a Rotterdam museum on Tuesday and walked off with works from the likes of Picasso, Monet, Gauguin and Matisse potentially worth hundreds of millions.
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Picasso's art collection unveiled in Toronto display
Apr 24, 2012 11:30 AM ET
Nearly 150 masterpieces from master modernist Pablo Picasso's personal collection are being prepped for a vast exhibit at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto.
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Picasso's private collection to go on show
November 10, 2011 11:57:00
A one-off exhibition at the Art Gallery New South Wales to showcase some of Pablo Picasso's favourite masterpieces.
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A Picasso comes to the Palestinians
06/27/11 06:13 PM, EDT
In a small showroom in the West Bank city of Ramallah, two Palestinian security guards carefully watch over a masterpiece by one of the most famous artists in modern history. > Read more!
Thieves in Spain rob art truck, including Picasso
Dec 2, 2010 9:51 EDT
MADRID – Three hooded thieves stole a truck containing 28 pieces of art including works by Picasso, Colombian artist Fernando Botero and Spanish sculptor Eduardo Chillida, Spanish police said Thursday.
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Picasso trove surfaces in France
Nov 30, 2010 12:20am EDT
A retired French electrician who worked for the master says a trunk full of 271 works, worth $80 million, was a gift. The late artist's heirs suspect theft.
Seattle Times
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Christie's puts record price tag on "key" Picasso
Mar 17, 2010 9:28am EDT
"Portrait of Angel Fernandez de Soto (The Absinthe Drinker)," dated 1903, is expected to fetch 30-40 million pounds ($45-60 million), the highest pre-sale estimate for any work of art offered at auction in Europe.
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Picasso painting damaged at New York museum
01/24/10 10:22 PM, EST
The Pablo Picasso painting "The Actor" will undergo repair work, after a woman visiting the Metropolitan Museum of Art fell onto the painting and tore the canvas, according to the museum.
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Picasso sketchbook vanishes from locked case in Paris
06/09/09 05:14 PM, EDT
Paris
A Pablo Picasso sketchbook with 33 pencil drawings disappeared from a locked glass case in a museum in Paris overnight, the French Ministry of Culture announced Tuesday.
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Art dealer dies and leaves
An extensive collection of Pablo Picasso paintings updated 08/12/08 04:33 AM, EDT
NEW YORK (AP)
When eccentric socialite and art dealer William M.V. Kingsland died
two years ago, he left an extensive collection of Pablo Picasso
paintings and other works crammed into his one-bedroom apartment
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Picasso prints stolen from Brazil museum
PAULO, Brazil (AP) A 06/12/08 06:35 PM, EDT
Three heavily armed robbers stole two Pablo Picasso prints from
an art museum in downtown Sao Paulo on Thursday, the city's second
high-profile art theft in less than a year.> Read more!
Saudi collector 'wanted stolen Picasso'
updated Wed, January 26, 2008
PAULO, Brazil (AP) A suspect in last month's brazen theft of two paintings by
Pablo Picasso and Candido Portinari told detectives the paintings
were to be delivered to a Saudi collector, authorities said Friday.
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Museum recovers stolen Picasso, other painting
updated Wed, January 9, 2008
PAULO, Brazil (AP) Stolen paintings by Pablo Picasso and Candido Portinari returned
home to applause Wednesday, while police tried to find out who masterminded
the robbery at a Brazil museum > Read more!
Guernica commemorates 1937 bombing
2:12 p.m. EDT, April 26, 2007
MADRID, Spain (AP) -- Representatives from cities that have suffered bombardment joined survivors from Guernica Thursday to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Basque town's destruction by German and Italian planes during the Spanish Civil War > Read more!
Thieves nab $66M Picasso paintings
8:41 a.m. EST, February 28, 2007
At least two Picasso paintings, worth a total of €50 million (US$66 million), have been stolen from the artist's granddaughter's home in Paris, police said Wednesday.
The paintings, "Maya and the Doll" and "Portrait of Jacqueline," disappeared overnight between Monday and Tuesday from the chic 7th arrondissement, or district, a Paris police official said
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Casino magnate pokes hole in $139 million Picasso deal
POSTED: 10:04 p.m. EDT, October 17, 2006
Picasso's famed "Dream" painting turned into a nightmare for Las Vegas casino magnate Steve Wynn when he accidentally gave the multimillion-dollar canvas an elbow. > Read more!
Picasso breaks another record at auction , New York, USA
Thursday, May 4, 2006; Posted: 11:05 a.m. EDT (15:05 GMT)
A Picasso portrait of his lover Dora Maar has been sold for $95.2m, the second highest amount ever paid for a painting at auction. > Read more!
Settlement reached for stolen Picasso, California, USA
Wednesday, August 10, 2005; Posted: 12:37 p.m. EDT (16:37 GMT) CNN
The grandson of a Jewish woman whose Pablo Picasso painting was stolen by Nazis during World War II
will receive $ 6.5 million from American who later bought the work from a gallery. Read more!
Picasso breaks record at auction , New York, USA
Thursday, May 6, 2004 Posted: 3:44 PM EDT (1944 GMT) BBC
A 1905 masterpiece by Pablo Picasso has sold for $104m (58m pounds), becoming the world's most expensive painting. > Read more!
Another Picasso Museum in Malaga, Spain
It was inaugurated in October 2003
Check out the official website of the Malaga
Picasso Museum
Picasso on the beach, Miami
Sunday, January 18, 2004
Over a thousand supporters recreate Pablo Picasso's 'Amnistia' on South
Beach in Miami, Florida, to protest the Bush Administration attempts
to silence Greenpeace. See it and read all about it
here
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