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Jan 2024

40m 52s

Picasso | Drawing Lessons | 4

About this episode

A bombshell memoir by a former lover annoys and embarrasses Picasso in his final years. But it is only half a century after his death that his misogyny is seen as truly problematic. And leaves many now grappling with how to separate the art from the artist.

Artwork:

The Woman in a Chair, Pablo Picasso (1948)

Seated Woman in Green, Pablo Picasso (1953)

Self Portrait Facing Death, Pablo Picasso (1972)

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