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Pablo Picasso’s problematic relationship with the alternative intercourse has lengthy been documented: by the ladies who shared his life and by the artwork critics and biographers who relayed the artist’s musings, equivalent to “there are solely two sorts of ladies: goddesses and doormats”. Because the Picasso Museum in Paris invitations feminist artist ORLAN to revisit his portraits in “Weeping Girls Are Offended”, we communicate to artwork critic and creator Judith Benhamou. She tells us why “like many geniuses, Picasso was a monster” and the way his sexual urge for food fuelled his artistic impulses.
We additionally focus on Picasso’s household life, as illustrated via a sequence of portraits of his daughter Maya.
Plus we discuss how cancel tradition would possibly have an effect on somebody extensively accepted as a totemic determine in trendy artwork.
