Picasso fetches $45m at Sotheby's saleA Pablo Picasso portrait of his mistress and "golden muse" Marie-Therese Walter sold for 28.6 million pounds ($45 million) on Tuesday, leading an important Sotheby's auction of impressionist, modern and surrealist art. More… |
Paris thieves steal paintings worth $124mArt thieves stole paintings by Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Amedeo Modigliani and two other well-known artists from a Paris museum in a heist worth 100 million euros ($124.2 million). Officials from the Musee d'Art More… |
Saadiyat to inspire new era of rapproachmentThe emergence of the cultural district of Saadiyat Island, the 27 sq km island lying offshore the capital of the UAE, is heralding a new era of cross-cultural rapprochement, according to one of America’s most distinguished art historians. More… |
Abu Dhabi to showcase Picasso masterpiecesThe Arab world’s first exhibition of the works of Pablo Picasso, spanning all periods and styles in the career of the 20th century’s signature artist, is to open in Abu Dhabi. It is being held under the patronage of Crown Prince of Abu Dha More… |
Abu Dhabi to host major Picasso expoAn exceptional selection of works of Pablo Picasso, spanning all periods and styles in the career of the 20th century’s signature artist, will be presented in Abu Dhabi in the first major Picasso exhibition ever mounted in the Middle East. More… |








