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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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Kyle MacMillan - For the Sun-Times

Images of friends, family, colleagues intersect in ‘Picasso: Drawing from Life’

Pablo Picasso, “Paloma and Her Doll on a Black Background,” Dec. 14, 1952. The work is featured in a new exhibit at the Art Institute of Chicago. (© 2023 Estate of Pablo Picasso/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.)

Most people — art lovers or not — have heard of Pablo Picasso, one of the art world’s biggest historical superstars. But they might not know the extraordinary breadth of his work or understand why he is seen as one of the most pivotal artists of the 20th century. 

That’s where a new exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago comes in. Titled “Picasso: Drawing from Life,” it runs Saturday through April 8, 2024, and includes more than 60 works dating from 1899 through 1969.

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