Topic: Pablo Picasso

Scribble, Scribble, Scribble: Writing on Politics, Ice Cream, Churchill, and My Mother

This uneven collection of essays highlights Schama’s charm but tries to cover too much ground.

Cave of Forgotten Dreams: movie review

In 'Cave of Forgotten Dreams,' Werner Herzog takes us on an extraordinary journey to see Earth's first artists and ponder the origins of what it means to be human.

Reading My Father

Alexandra Styron searches his writings and her memory in an attempt to piece together the puzzle that was her father, author William Styron.

Art market: masterful returns

Art funds let you own a share of a portfolio. Some funds have bested the S&P 500.

US economy sat on a wall, US economy had a great fall

Since it fell, the economy has been shoddily glued back together. But it still has more cracks than Humpty Dumpty.

Modigliani: A Life

Biographer Meryle Secrest tackles the messy, "cursed" life of Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani.

Painters of light: Stieglitz, Steichen, Strand

Stieglitz, Steichen, And Strand defined photography as art.

Paul Cézanne: The man behind today's Google doodle

Google celebrates Paul Cézanne with a painterly 172nd birthday doodle. But who was Paul Cézanne? How did his work change modern art?

Electrician brings to light Picasso 'treasure trove'

Pierre Le Guerrec, who kept 271 previously unknown works by Pablo Picasso in his basement-garage for decades, is now under scrutiny from the artist's heirs.

"Zot! The Complete Black and White Collection” is my summer romance

I fell in love with Scott McCloud's "Zot!" as a teen. This summer, I remembered why.

Opinion: Why you should take the time to master a single skill

By going deep into one subject, we learn how to learn – a priceless ability.

Picasso and Braque Go to the Movies: movie review

Marvelous documentary ‘Picasso and Braque Go to the Movies’ explores how the founders of Cubism were inspired by early filmmaking.

Paris art heist: The alarm that didn't sound, the dog that didn't bark

A day after the $123 million Paris art heist, revelations emerged that hinted of an inside job. A malfunctioning alarm was too quiet for guards to hear.

Paris art heist: The chances of recovery aren't good

Finding stolen artwork can take decades, and a fraction of works are recovered. In the Paris art heist, five paintings – including a Picasso and a Matisse – were stolen Thursday from a museum.

Big Paris art heist: Works by Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse stolen

Paris art heist: Five paintings, including works by Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse, were stolen overnight from a Paris museum by a lone masked thief.

Long after cold war, artists' paintings of Soviet weapons remain

During the cold war, Defense Intelligence Agency artists painted pictures of Soviet missiles and helicopters to build support for defense spending. That program is gone, but the paintings remain at a Smithsonian museum.

The City of Your Final Destination: movie review

In 'The City of Your Final Destination' a biographer pursues his subject to the steamy lands of Uruguay where he discovers an intricate tangle of family relations.

Photoshop and Facebook, Victorian-style

Long before Photoshop and Facebook, upper-crust British ladies were cropping and splicing with giddy abandon and drawing spider webs inhabited with the pasted-on faces of their friends.

Visitor tears Picasso's 'The Actor.' How can Met fix it?

A visitor to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York lost her balance and fell into a Pablo Picasso painting, 'The Actor,' tearing the canvas. Art restorers explain how it might be repaired.

Six Picks: Recommendations from the Monitor staff

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The heart of Latin art

It's not just folk, it's fusion. Exhibitions nationwide spotlight a bold and visionary tradition.

No Olympics in Chicago: How big a blow to Mayor Daley?

Daley devoted much of the past 2-1/2 years to Chicago's Olympic bid, and many see its failure as having a considerable effect on his legacy.

HG Wells: The UFO Google logo mystery is solved

Scrimp, avoid quick fixes, watch academic achievement rise

New York City's Osmond A. Church School adopted a curriculum approach that saved money by lowering teacher turnover and increasing collaboration.