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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. > Read more!
The Crescent Studio - Picasso's Women By Brian McAvera
January 5, 2012 1:52 PM, EDT
The Crescent Studio production in Birmingham turning heads with there take on the women of Picasso's life.
Which explores the dark side of fame and the relationship between the artist and his muses. > Read more!
Picasso Master Prints
December 17, 2011 9:40 AM, EDT
More than sixty prints by Pablo Picasso will be on display at the Cincinnati Art Museum, December 17, 2011 through May 13, 2012.
Picasso Master Prints surveys the career of one of the most important and influential artists of the 20th century. > Read more!
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. > Read more!
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
> Read more!
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. > Read more!
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. > Read more!
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. > Read more!
Another Picasso Museum in Malaga, Spain
It was inaugurated in October 2003
Check out the official website of the Malaga Picasso Museum!
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 -- but no will > Read more!
Picasso prints stolen from Brazil museum
updated 6:35 p.m. EDT, Thu June 12, 2008
SAO 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
SAO 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. > Read more!
Museum recovers stolen Picasso, other painting
updated Wed, January 9, 2008
SAO 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
POSTED: 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
POSTED: 8:41 a.m. EST, February 28, 2007
At least two Picasso paintings, worth a total of 50 million Euros (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 > Read more!
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 (51.8m Pounds), 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!
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