The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/picasso/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Tue, 09 Jun 2026 16:00:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Picasso | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/picasso/ 32 32 UK activists deface Picasso painting with photo from Gaza to protest Israel arms sales https://www.timesofisrael.com/activists-deface-picasso-painting-with-photo-from-gaza-to-protest-israel-arms-sales/ Wed, 09 Oct 2024 15:41:45 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3394212 Two arrested after also pouring red paint on floor of UK National Gallery, shouting 'Free Palestine'; no permanent damage to 1901 work 'Motherhood'

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]]> Billionaire bids anxious farewell to a Picasso https://www.timesofisrael.com/billionaire-bids-anxious-farewell-to-picasso/ Tue, 10 Mar 2020 10:46:22 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2256240 Jewish art collector David Nahmad hopes 'Nature Morte,' to be raffled off for charity, will fall into hands of someone who will appreciate it

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]]> Court lets Met keep Picasso masterpiece sold for $12,000 by family fleeing Nazis https://www.timesofisrael.com/picasso-painting-sold-by-family-escaping-the-nazis-can-remain-at-the-met/ Thu, 27 Jun 2019 22:14:30 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2102189 Appeals court rules that descendants of Jewish businessman who owned 'The Actor' waited too long to demand it be returned by NY museum

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]]> Leonard Cohen wrote a poem called ‘Kanye West Is Not Picasso’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/leonard-cohen-wrote-a-poem-called-kanye-west-is-not-picasso/ Thu, 11 Oct 2018 21:57:41 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1940593 Newly released posthumous collection by Jewish singer includes a poem making fun of US rapper, colleague Jay-Z for comparing themselves to art legends

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]]> Judge says the Met can keep Picasso sold by Jew fleeing the Nazis https://www.timesofisrael.com/judge-says-met-museum-can-keep-picasso-sold-by-jew-fleeing-the-nazis/ Thu, 08 Feb 2018 16:34:24 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1787808 Court finds that family of late German businessman Paul Leffmann failed to show he disposed of masterpiece 'The Actor' under duress as he escaped to Switzerland

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]]> Hundreds of Nazi-looted artworks go on display in twin exhibitions https://www.timesofisrael.com/hundreds-of-nazi-looted-artworks-go-on-display-in-twin-exhibitions/ Wed, 01 Nov 2017 18:53:20 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1722519 450 pieces from Gurlitt collection displayed in Switzerland and Germany to shed light on systematic theft from Jewish collectors

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]]> Spain’s Guernica marks 80th anniversary of bombing https://www.timesofisrael.com/spains-guernica-marks-80th-anniversary-of-bombing/ Fri, 28 Apr 2017 13:33:36 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1609035 Sirens symbolically blare across town at precise moment when Nazi warplanes carpet-bombed it during Spanish Civil War

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]]> 80 years on, Picasso’s anti-war Guernica still resonates https://www.timesofisrael.com/80-years-on-picassos-anti-war-guernica-still-resonates/ Sat, 01 Apr 2017 06:06:05 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1592262 From 1937 Spain to 2017 Syria, the haunting work of art has become a universal cry against conflict

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]]> Picasso, Matisse and other art from 2010 Paris heist may be in Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/picasso-matisse-and-other-art-from-2010-paris-heist-may-be-in-israel/ Wed, 01 Feb 2017 11:04:39 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1552486 'Spiderman' burglar on trial over $100m haul of five paintings; one accomplice suspected of selling them to Israeli collector

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]]> Picasso sketch of ex-J’lem mayor narrowly avoids trash https://www.timesofisrael.com/picasso-sketch-of-ex-jerusalem-mayor-narrowly-avoids-trash/ Mon, 26 Dec 2016 16:41:24 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1528157 Previously unknown doodle of Teddy Kollek, who founded the Israel Museum, found in catalog of Spanish artist's 1965 exhibit

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]]> Art meets history in homage to legendary French Jewish dealer https://www.timesofisrael.com/art-meets-history-in-homage-to-legendary-french-jewish-dealer/ Sat, 24 Sep 2016 05:57:25 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1468505 Paul Rosenberg, who represented Matisse and Picasso, was forced to flee Paris in WWII, leaving behind many paintings to be stolen, destroyed or sold by the Nazis

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]]> Shah of Iran’s art collection to go on show in Berlin https://www.timesofisrael.com/shah-of-irans-art-collection-to-go-on-show-in-berlin/ Thu, 12 May 2016 22:45:13 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1391406 Event marks first time since 1979 the prestigious collection, including Picasso, Warhol, Pollock, is exhibited outside Tehran

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]]> Swiss, German museums to show Nazi-era art hoard https://www.timesofisrael.com/swiss-german-museums-to-show-nazi-era-art-hoard/ Mon, 04 Apr 2016 19:32:47 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1369916 Vast collection belonged to Cornelius Gurlitt, whose father was tasked by Hitler to help plunder great works from Jewish collectors

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]]> How could Gertrude Stein and Picasso have been friends? https://www.timesofisrael.com/how-could-gertrude-stein-and-picasso-have-been-friends/ Sat, 04 Jul 2015 10:48:16 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1188934 Through operatic caricatures of the Vichy-supporting Stein and communist Picasso, 'After Life' explores artistic responsibility during the Holocaust

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]]> Nazi-looted painting from Munich fetches close to $3m https://www.timesofisrael.com/nazi-looted-painting-from-munich-fetches-1-55-million/ Wed, 24 Jun 2015 20:58:34 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1204214 Max Liebermann's 'Two Riders on a Beach,' among works found in home of Cornelius Gurlitt, garners three times its sales estimate

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