Pablo Picasso

On the artist's 86th birthday we recount the sweet yet sad story behind his most beloved subjects, Stanley and Boudgie

‘One of the things I like about print making is the process of change and how that can be witnessed’

The endurable technique employed by artists from Hannah Höch to David Hockney takes on a new dimension in these incredible, and affordable, works

The writer, educator and art world luminary shows us the art in his home, talks about the crayon skiers that set him off on a life of art and reveals how his artist wife influences his taste

Terrariums are on trend, the WSJ named gardening as a key look in menswear this season and we’ve never needed the green leaves of nature to intertwine with art as much as we do now so indulge your green fantasies with our pick of plant-based art

The history of womanhood and the history of privacy are interlinked. What did Picasso have to say about it?

Phillips Auction House saw a 29% growth in sales in 2018—the best year they've had in the 200 years they've been open. Here are works by some of the top-selling artists—for a fraction of the price.

It costs $420 because of course it does.

An art historian wept when she thought she found a stolen Picasso painting under a rock in Romania. But the fake was planted by imprudent performance artists—here's why.

To reign in the Lunar New Year, we're commemorating some of art's most celebrated good boys (and girls). Whether you're an art lover or an arf lover, you won't be able to resist falling for these works.

Phaidon's 'The Art Museum' compiles the most definitive artworks from around the world dating back to the stone age, creating a comprehensive virtual museum. We explored the links between various eras and places, tracing the depiction of the female nude.

Here we look at the offspring of five artists—Louise Bourgeois, Pablo Picasso, Mark Rothko, Sally Mann, and Donald Judd—to see what they ended up doing with their lives, from becoming an expert on mud brick architecture to designing fragrances.

Over the last 60 years, 10 art critics altered the course of art history. Here's who they are, and what they wrote.

Coining the term "Frictionless Painting," Dylan Kerr examines the work of artists like Avery Singer, Louisa Gagliardi, Sascha Braunig, Jordan Kasey, and Nicolas Party—and wonders if we should be asking more of art.

From the Lightening Fields in New Mexico to a drinking fountain in the Dallas County Records Building, these 10 public artworks make for a geographically illogical but art historically significant road trip!

Gagosian Gallery's Madison Avenue location exhibits a collection of drawings made in the middle of Ruscha's career. These essays on "Single Words" and "Thoughts & Phrases" shed lights on this segment of the artist's prolific career.

If you think small means cheap, think again. See tiny works by Picasso, Warhol, Calder, & more.

Could ancient Greeks see blue? On the trickiest color.

In this historical moment of enormous uncertainty, perhaps it's time to start reconsidering some foundational assumptions about how contemporary art operates.

These artists from Phaidon's Vitamin P3—Sascha Braunig, Julia Dault, and Elizabeth McIntosh— are all at the forefront of international painting.

Jana Euler, Celia Hempton, and Patrizio Di Massimo are three painters bringing the classical nude into the new millennium.

The controversial collector/dealer explains his Darwinian approach to the art market, and why a generation of Zombie Formalists fell to "greed and stupidity."

We’ve chosen three international painters from Phaidon’s Vitamin P3 who each engage with art history to revitalize this forgotten genre and enter it into a critical, decolonizing discourse.

The author, former dealer, and founder of the Moving Image Art Fair gives his expert insight into how the gallery system is changing (and how artists and dealers can adapt).

Artspace editor-in-chief Andrew M. Goldstein truffled up the finest examples of everyone's favorite old-fashioned medium at this year's fair.

Your New Mantra Awaits: Featuring quotes from Salvador Dali, Yoko Ono, Walker Evans, Jane Hammond and more

Here, the up-and-coming tastemaker selects her picks from this year's edition of the NADA Miami Beach art fair.

Here, we’ve excerpted a conversation between the Swiss artist and the curator and critic Alison Gingeras from Phaidon’s Thomas Hirschhorn, focusing on Hirschhorn's thoughts around being a fan defining the success or failure of a piece.

See which artists the award-winning actress and lifestyle guru collects, what she wore to the art world's most exclusive events, and more.

Phaidon's new title Going Once is filled with record-breaking lots from Christie's auction house's 250 years of business. Here, we've chosen the most compelling and historically significant to showcase.

We've chosen some of the youngest and most precocious painters from Vitamin P3, who all prove that the trappings of age and experience don't outweigh a fresh, exciting, and unspoiled eye.

Excerpted from Phaidon’s new Plant: Exploring the Botanical World, these artworks show how artists of all kinds have responded to the sensuality of botany.

In this excerpt from Phaidon’s new Vitamin P3, we examine three abstract painters who are taking up the experimental mantle of their predecessors by proposing novel new inventions for the medium.

In these three essays excerpted from Phaidon's new painting compendium we learn more about three of the most forward-thinking figurative painters of our time.

Artspace editor-in-chief Andrew M. Goldstein spoke to the renowned exhibition-maker about why the ancient art form remains strikingly relevant in the digital era.

These are the classic shows—featuring some of the most famous figures of Modern art—that we'd be willing to dust off the old time machine to go see.

These selections from Phaidon's The Fashion Book highlights the work of the groundbreaking shutterbugs who made their mark in what has traditionally been a man's world.

Ahead of her time as a boundary-exploding performer, Madonna has also been a perceptive collector of cutting-edge art for decades. Here are some of her buys.

The artist's upcoming show at Michael Werner is being billed as his “first exhibition devoted to paintings New York”—but don’t be fooled.

In this comprehensive interview with the famed “supercurator” Hans Ulrich Obrist excerpted from Phaidon’s monograph Ai Weiwei, the artist delves deep into his own stroy, detailing the bumpy road to making art history.

The founder of SLP art advisory lends us her expertise when it comes to bringing together the history and concepts behind Minimalism in your own home.

In this brief essay from Phaidon’s Art in Time: A World History of Styles and Movements, we learn about the historical developments and key artists that paved away for this highly influential painting style.

Picasso's weeping muse, a tennis-playing Caravaggio, and a vanishing Velázquez, are some of the subjects of these newly released, beach-ready memoirs and novels.

From Phaidon's newly updated compendium The Fashion Book, here are 10 fashion illustrators with keen eyes and artful approaches.

These revealing paintings from the Clark Institute of Art's temptingly titled show “Splendor, Myth and Vision: Nudes from the Prado" tell some steamy stories.

In this Collecting 101 primer, we provide some aesthetic toolkits for putting together an unforgettable environment in your home.

The art historian William C. Agee released Modern Art in America, 1908-1968 via Phaidon Press this spring, upending many long-held tenets of the art world in the process.

If you're on the fence about collecting art, this practical and not-quite-common sense advice will set your mind at ease.

Ignorance is bliss? Perhaps if you’re trying to resist buying art, because these pieces are downright irresistible.

Trust us: you don't want to wind up in one of these 16th-century hellholes.

We caught up with born and bred New York City artist Gordon Stevenson (aka Baron Von Fancy) who's bringing back the hand-painted signs of yesteryear as fine art.

In this excerpt from Phaidon’s Akademie X, the critically acclaimed conceptual artist shares his words of wisdom on all things moral when it comes to being an artist.

You love art. But do you know how to look at an artwork? Here are a few tips that will help you really, truly appreciate a work of art.

The Parisian founder of the vanguard Brussels art gallery tells Artspace why he values clear, straightforward communication with his artists and collectors, and why it's important to have uncompromising critics.

Reasons we're coveting this witty and punchy work by a talented painter and printmaker, who has an upcoming solo at the New Museum.

Galerie Perrotin's current exhibition is a spectacular introduction to the work of a largely unsung master of 20th century painting.

Artspace caught up with the Mexican photographer to find out more about his life as an artist, including upcoming projects, political leanings, and love of mezcal.

This year, the indie fair known for adventurous experiments in sculpture and installation is chockablock with paintings of every size, shape, and support. Here are 10 displays that caught our eye.

As the latest installment of our NADA Network series, Artspace editor-in-chief Andrew M. Goldstein sat down with the dealer to hear about the enriching philosophy behind the gallery.

For the latest installment of our NADA Network series, Artspace's Andrew M. Goldstein spoke to the dealer about the unlikely saga behind her gallery's rise to fame.

Artspace caught up with the master of pipe cleaner sculpture to find out more about his ad hoc approach to art making.

Explore the strange story of Antoni Pitxot and his sanctioned Dalí fakes in this excerpt from art crimes expert Noah Charney's book The Art of Forgery.

With an upheaval-filled year coming to a close, we surveyed dozens of art-world experts about what they'll be following in 2016.

In an exclusive interview with the legendary artist, who passed away this week, Andrew M. Goldstein spoke to Kelly about his inspirations, his Paris years chasing Picasso, and what color means to him.

These seminal works from the past century, excerpted from Phaidon's art history anthologies, extend the human form in entirely novel directions.

Here's what you need to know about Pablo Picasso's exquisite ceramics from the Parisian porcelain-maker Marc de Ladoucette.

Here, the distinguished independent curator and critic applies his keen perspective to NADA Miami Beach, sharing his favorite works from this year’s fair.

From from masterpieces of brute conceptual power to dystopian advertisements from the Persian Gulf, there's plenty of market-fueling wonderment to be found at this year's fair. Here's what you should seek out.

In an interview with Karen Rosenberg, the dealer, curator, and impresario gives Artspace a preview of his collaboration with Larry Gagosian in Miami, the latest iteration of his New York gallery, and other upcoming projects.

While in Paris for the debut of a massive Calder sculpture at the U.S. ambassador's residence, the Calder Foundation president shares his favorite works at the fair.

We spoke to the curator and author about his views on why the depiction of the body in painting has become a phenomenon in new art yet again.

On the occasion of her forthcoming solo at the Museé d'art contemporain de Montreal and current show at Petzel in New York, the maker of comically absurd abstract-figurative paintings talks about her new interest in structure and compression.

These small-scale marvels on view right now in the brilliant "Picasso: Sculpture" survey at the Museum of Modern Art exemplify the master's outsize artistic ambitions.

From a famed South African master of “wise uncertainties” debuting a major new body of work to a rising star planting a mysterious clock in Central Park, these are the artists we’ll be talking about this month.

In the years before World War II, the Parisian avant-garde produced some of the most iconic black and white photographs of the 20th century.

In advance of her new show at Mitchell-Innes and Nash, the artist gave Karen Rosenberg a tour of her studio to reveal the latest development in her process.

The art historian and author of The Art of Forgery explains what drew him to this group of works.

Take a walk on the wild side with these critter-centric paintings.

In the second half of our two-part interview, the insurgent entrepreneur reveals his tipster networks and explains why so much art looks the same.

We had an audience with the world’s most expensive living artist during the opening of his survey at the Guggenheim Bilbao, and this is what he said.

the Brussels-based connoisseur speaks about his dissatisfactions with the current gallery system, and where he thinks contemporary art will be in 2150.

Sure there's gloom and doom in the world—but these artworks will cheer you up, and won't ask anything more of you than your love and money.

Curated by House of the Nobleman at the Academy Mansion, "Delirious Picasso" provides a scintillating what-if view of art history.

We spoke to the critic and scholar about the complex condition of painting, the decline of criticism, and what cliche about the medium drives him up the wall.

From new directions by two of today's most sought-after painters to an elegant piece by a stratospheric auction star, these are works for collectors to pounce on fast.

In an interview, the connoisseurial Upper East Side dealer on de Kooning, the differences between Wall Street and the art world, and his debt to a remarkable gallerist.

On the occasion of his two Met shows, the artist talks about his approach to photography and curating, and why he tried to “kill” the Pictures Generation.

It's been a long week—and there's no better way to unwind than with a leisurely perusal of these thought-provoking stories from around the web.

We spoke to the notorious counterfeiter, whose two-decade spree of distributing fake artworks to museums around the country became the subject of the documentary "Art and Craft."

We spoke to the co-curator of the new survey of canonical Cubist works from Leonard Lauder's gift to the museum about why the movement is so indispensable—and why it's not so difficult after all.

The prominent New York art collectors share a few of the artworks they bought at Paris's contemporary art fair this year, and why.

From a career-cataloguing print by arguably America's greatest living artist to a hip-hop paean in paint by a rising star, these are works that collectors should pounce on.

From a world-shattering Cubist visionary to a brainy pasticheuse for the Internet era, these artists are going to be making waves this month.

We toured the third edition of Chicago's contemporary art fair to find some of the most exciting works on offer in the aisles.

A primer on the immensely erudite scholar of contemporary and Renaissance art alike—who bridged the two with humor, irreverence, and generous helpings of humanism.

From an Israeli master of disguise to a Cherokee art activist, these are a few names you should know from Phaidon's "The Twenty First Century Art Book."

We spoke to the legendary figure in European contemporary art about his polarizing exhibition in St. Petersburg's Hermitage—and his side of the story.

In the third installment of our series, we look back on the profound if elusive achievements of one of America's greatest historians—and catalysts—of art.

As inspired by a new book from Princeton Architectural Press by Francesca Cigola, here are six easy escapes from the city heat.

We surveyed a few galleries from throughout the past century that made revolutionary contributions to art, only to fade away.

From Donald Judd to John Miller, these artists have stepped out of their studios and into the world to write compelling thoughts on the art of their time.

From an urgent example of Post-Internet art to a work by the artist some call the world's greatest living painter, here's a selection of works to snap up right away.

Did 1970, Basel’s inaugurating year, mark the beginning of the international art world as we know it today?

Can you spot the variously plumed varieties of collectors at art fairs and other art-world functions? Here's a handy taxonomy of the species.

In a wide-ranging interview, we spoke to the Venus Over Manhattan proprietor about his gallery, his collecting philosophy, and how he scored one of the biggest auction-market flips in history.

Considered the most influential avant-garde movement of 20th-century art, Cubism dramatically transformed the way artists organized space and depicted form to radically reinvent the very act of seeing. Here's our primer on the wide-reaching movement and i

From a lyrically colorful composition by a rising art star to an illuminated master stroke by a conceptual art legend, these artworks can't fail but tempt the savvy collector.

In his latest column, Walter Robinson makes a fresh appraisal of the controversial series of paintings based on the appropriated photos of Patrick Cariou.

From the collages of the Cubists and the readymades of Duchamp to the assemblage works of today, humble materials have been transformed into stunning works of art throughout the last century.

Record auction prices, top art prizes, and news on the people who moved the market in recent weeks.

From a darkly comic spoof by Cyprien Gaillard to an exceptional neoclassical Picasso print, these are works you should snap up now.

In light of the importance and pervasiveness of the color in art, we explore five ways that artists have used blue to express sadness, transcendence, and everything in between.

Still need a costume (or thinking of one for next year)? Here's a guide to the tell-tale accessories that will transform you in to personages from Hermann NItsch to Marina Abramovic.