French police ‘stumble upon £13m stolen Picasso painting during drug raid’ Local reports say artwork was of Marie-Thérèse Walter, Picasso’s mistress and ‘golden muse’ The Independent UK · Jun 22
Paris art enthusiast wins €1m Picasso painting in €100 charity raffle Ari Hodara initially thought it might be a hoax after winning raffle he found out about by chance while dining out The Guardian - UK · Apr 15
Work of key women added to vast photography collection One of Australia's biggest photography collections was missing the work of some important women artists but recent acquisitions are helping fix that. AAP · Jan 16
‘Amazing’ Picasso portrait up for auction after going unseen for 80 years Acquired in 1944, it has never reappeared on the market until now The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2025
Why Dublin is the surprising city to delve into Picasso’s troubling relationship with women TRAVEL IN FOCUS: Not focusing just on Picasso, but also highlighting the importance of the other people around him, a new exhibition at the National Gallery of Ireland in Dublin, in partnership with the Musée Picasso in Paris, promises a new perspective on the troubled artist, writes Michael Hodges The Independent UK · Oct 5, 2025
Psycho shocks, an American superstar and Marie Antoinette’s finest fits – the week in art Kerry James Marshall unveils a triumphant vision of Black America, the executed queen of style gets her own show, and Hitchcock puts the knife in The Guardian - UK · Sep 19, 2025
New Picasso Portrait Unveiled At Paris Auction House A previously unknown portrait by Pablo Picasso of one of his lovers was revealed on Thursday after being put up for sale at auction in Paris with a reserve price of eight million euros ($9.5 million). International Business Times · Sep 18, 2025
Bullfights, ballet and hot jazz: inside Picasso’s scandalous theatre of sex and death Famed for his cubist portraits, the Spanish genius also created costumes for the Ballet Russes and loved the intensity of bullfights. A new exhibition explores the dramatic side of an uncompromising artist The Guardian - UK · Aug 31, 2025
Pre-war Spanish street photography goes on display, showcasing Dora Maar’s pioneering vision 'Dora Maar: Photography and Drawings' showcases the often overlooked art of Dora Maar Digital Camera World · Jun 11, 2025
The Jewish dealer who bought art hated by the Nazis – and created one of the greatest collections ever seen A new National Gallery of Australia show draws on Heinz Berggruen’s collection to celebrate the spread of modernism around the world, despite the Nazis’ best efforts The Guardian - AU · May 31, 2025
Hidden Portraits: The Untold Stories of Six Women Who Loved Picasso by Sue Roe review – artist as lothario Françoise Gilot is the most compelling figure in this biography of the painter’s lovers – but you get the feeling she would have loathed this book The Guardian - UK · Mar 24, 2025
Nonfiction to look out for in 2025 From a river voyage with Robert Macfarlane to Helen Garner’s candid tale of a broken marriage, via Ian Leslie’s analysis of Lennon and McCartney’s complicated kinship, here are the titles you can’t afford to miss The Guardian - UK · Dec 29, 2024
Painting found by junk dealer in cellar is original Picasso, experts claim Portrait hung in cheap frame for decades, with wife describing it as ‘horrible’ and family mulling getting rid of it The Guardian - UK · Oct 1, 2024
Rare photographs by Dora Maar cast Picasso’s tormented muse in a new light London gallery shows intimate images, including portraits of the artist, that reveal a great talent in her own right The Guardian - UK · Jun 16, 2024
Evening Standard · Sep 12, 2023 Picasso: The Beauty and the Beast on BBC Two review – a missed opportunity for a radical take on the artist The problem with the series is it feels too safe
The Independent UK · Aug 27, 2023 Pablo Picasso’s grandson says artist’s lovers ‘knew’ about his behaviour: ‘No one was forced to do anything’ Grandson of the Spanish artist and his lover and muse, Marie-Thérèse Walter, defends the artist as his work is celebrated in a series of exhibitions around the world
The Guardian - UK · Aug 26, 2023 ‘His life was full of contradictions’: Picasso’s grandson defends the artist’s behaviour towards women The painter has been called out as a misogynist but Olivier Widmaier Picasso says his numerous lovers knew his nature
The Guardian - UK · Jun 12, 2023 ‘Blatant sexism’: why is a great painter who lived to 101 still defined by a man she left in the 1950s? Françoise Gilot had a career that spanned eight decades and her work now fetches over $1m. Yet when this astonishing woman died last week, the headlines were more interested in her former lover
The Guardian - UK · Jun 9, 2023 The Guardian view on muses: a regressive romantic cliche Editorial: Françoise Gilot, who died this week, emerged from Picasso’s shadow as a painter in her own right. Other female artists still await rediscovery
France 24 · Jun 7, 2023 Acclaimed French painter Françoise Gilot, who loved and left Picasso, dies aged 101 France's Françoise Gilot, who died Tuesday aged 101, survived what she called the 'hell' of being Spanish artist Pablo Picasso's mistress and muse to become a renowned artist in her own right.
The Independent UK · Mar 27, 2023 Picasso 50 years on: Greatest artist of the 20th century, or cancel-worthy misogynist? Half a century since Picasso’s death, does the great artist’s misogyny now endanger his legacy? Alastair Smart explores why this is no straightforward set of anniversary celebrations
The Conversation · Feb 12, 2023 From Chaucer to chocolates: how Valentine’s Day gifts have changed over the centuries For Valentine’s Day, some couples only roll their eyes at each other in mutual cynicism. The capitalisation of love in the modern world can certainly seem banal.
The New Daily · Feb 12, 2023 From Chaucer to chocolates: How Valentine’s Day gifts have changed over the centuries Valentine's Day gifts are hardly a contemporary invention. People have been celebrating and gifting love tokens for hundreds of years.
The Guardian - UK · Jan 10, 2023 Fabulous felines: why female artists love stroking, painting and spoiling cats Suzanne Valadon fed hers caviar. Leonor Fini kept two dozen. And when Tracey Emin lost hers, the missing posters fetched £500 each. The writer of a new book about painters and moggies celebrates furry muses
The Guardian - UK · Sep 5, 2022 ‘Picasso nearly fell over backwards when he saw her’ – Lee Miller’s son on their intense relationship She was a model-turned-photographer whose unflinching eye captured the horror of the Nazis. But for too long, this extraordinary woman was defined as ‘Picasso’s muse’. As a new show puts this right, her son looks back