NewsPronto

 
The Times


.

USA Conversation

The Conversation USA

The Conversation USA

Picasso the...sculptor? Disputed purchase brings attention to lesser-known aspect of his art

  • Written by The Conversation Contributor
imagePablo Picasso's Bull (1958) is constructed with plywood, tree branch, nails and screws. © 2015 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

A legal battle has erupted between art dealer Larry Gagosian and the royal family of Qatar, with each side claiming to have purchased a Picasso statue from Picasso’s daughter...

Read more: Picasso the...sculptor? Disputed purchase brings attention to lesser-known aspect of his art

More Articles ...

  1. Mental health care for prisoners could prevent rearrest, but prisons aren't designed for rehabilitation
  2. New genetically engineered American chestnut will help restore the decimated, iconic tree
  3. U.S. laws protect police, while endangering civilians
  4. Fulfilling Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream: the role for higher education
  5. Cyberattack on Ukraine grid: here's how it worked and perhaps why it was done
  6. Great night for Sanders could be turning point in race
  7. Knowledge comes from death’s release: Blackstar recalls David Bowie’s influence on goth
  8. Is Bernie Sanders really a socialist? And how could he like Denmark?
  9. Basic income for all could lift millions out of poverty – and change how we think about inequality
  10. The fourth industrial revolution: what does WEF's Klaus Schwab leave out?
  11. If we want medicine to be evidence-based, what should we think when the evidence doesn't agree?
  12. How do you build a mirror for one of the world's biggest telescopes?
  13. Four quotes from the sixth GOP presidential debate, explained by experts
  14. Why presidential debates need real-time fact-checking
  15. To cut emissions faster, U.S. should ditch tax credit-based subsidies for renewable energy
  16. Under the spell of a generator's thrum, a Faulkner masterpiece was born
  17. Race and racism after Obama: where do we go from here?
  18. Are Powerball drawings and 'Quick Pick' numbers really random?
  19. Attack on unions shows why we need a new social contract governing work
  20. If being too clean makes us sick, why isn't getting dirty the solution?
  21. In a driverless future, what happens to today's drivers?
  22. Obama's final State of the Union: scholars react
  23. Odds are $1.5 billion Powerball winner will end up bankrupt
  24. What Marco Rubio's heels say about fashion – and height – in American politics
  25. Thinking innovatively about the risks of tech innovation
  26. Can businesses succeed in a world of corruption (without paying bribes)?
  27. What is the right response to North Korea's fourth nuclear test?
  28. Are plugs for pizza a breach of journalistic ethics?
  29. Can schools punish students for off-campus, online speech?
  30. Explainer: Why can't anyone tell me how much this surgery will cost?
  31. Could online 'slacktivists' actually help Making a Murderer's Steven Avery?
  32. That's what zhe said: mx-ing up the language of gender
  33. Congress' bipartisan Christmas gifts will lead to ballooning deficits
  34. Federal control of western land: two perspectives
  35. What makes a 'smart gun' smart?
  36. US–Saudi relations and the search for leverage
  37. The twisted roots of U.S. land policy in the West
  38. Can we curb the opioid abuse epidemic by rethinking chronic pain?
  39. What Pantone's colors of 2016 mean for the future of design
  40. How the homeless population is changing: it's older and sicker
  41. The Paris Agreement: the first _local_ global environmental pact
  42. Can 10,000-character tweets boost Twitter's flatlining user growth?
  43. Hong Kong copyright battle tests U.S. candidates' commitments to free speech
  44. Quest to find bitcoin's founder highlights currency's biggest threat: the taxman
  45. Far more microplastics floating in oceans than thought
  46. It's too late for a two-state solution in Israel-Palestine
  47. Playing 'serious games,' adults learn to solve thorny real-world problems
  48. A small Norwegian city might hold the answer to beating the winter blues
  49. Malheur occupation in Oregon: whose land is it really?
  50. Affordable Care Act's push to consolidate health care to curb costs may backfire