The Harvard Art Museums’ “Picasso: War, Combat, and Revolution,” which debuted on Jan. 20 centers around the themes and concepts highlighted in one of the Spanish painter’s most famous ...

Hugh Eakin’s new book, “Picasso’s War,” features plenty of cultural heroes and heroines. By Phillip Lopate When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an ...

Born from fire and fear, Guernica remains one of the most chilling anti-war statements in history.

Madrid, Spain: In February 2024, pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered at the Reina Sofia Museum, home to Picasso's Guernica, to protest Israel's actions in Gaza. They displayed Palestinian flags and ...

The Nazis loathed modern art. They launched a war against it. “Degenerate Art,” an exhibition in Paris on modern art’s greatest crisis, is about culture wars and where they can lead.

Picasso moved to Royan on September 2, 1939, the day before the declaration of war between France and Germany. He was already 58 and had achieved major international success, breaking into a new ...

World War I ground grimly on. All the same, the famed impresario of the Ballet Russe, Sergei Diaghilev, ... Pierrots and musical instruments in Picasso’s paintings.

The company’s current production, A Picasso, is a one-act play by award-winning playwright Jeffrey Hatcher that opens a window onto a less familiar corner of World War II history.