LOS ANGELES — It's Picasso season in Los Angeles.
Two terrific new exhibitions, one small and the other large, both unprecedented, answer the question: Is Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) overexposed in American museums?
In a word, no. Hugh Eakins' recent book, "Picasso's War: How Modern Art Came to America," reminds us that the reigning titan of the Paris avant-garde wasn't exactly embraced in the United States before World War II. Since then, he's never been off the institutional radar screen. Yet if the curatorial framing is savvy enough, there is much to gain from looking again.
