Mona’s fake Picassos: performance or prank? – Full Story podcast
Guardian Australia’s arts reporter Kelly Burke tells Nour Haydar why she first suspected the paintings were bogus
Australian arts in focus
‘Childish and unprofessional’: art experts say Mona’s fake-Picasso stunt may undermine gallery’s reputation
Critics say revelation Kirsha Kaechele created works over three years ago is more prank than performance art, and risks leaving patrons feeling ‘cheated’
Australian arts in focus
Fake Picassos: Mona admits Ladies Lounge paintings were forged by Kirsha Kaechele
The paintings made global headlines after being moved to Mona’s female toilets in protest against a court ruling. But they were never real to begin with
June 2024
Australian arts in focus
Picasso artworks moved to women's toilets at Australian museum Mona – video
Rare photographs by Dora Maar cast Picasso’s tormented muse in a new light
March 2024
Picasso Museum to show work of Françoise Gilot, ex-partner he tried to destroy
Experience
Experience: I found Picasso plates worth $34,000 in a thrift shop
February 2024
Picasso’s Barcelona: in the footsteps of the artist as a young man
Fifty years after his death, the city where Picasso spent his teenage years now offers vital insights into his life and work
January 2024
Stolen Chagall and Picasso artworks found in Antwerp basement
Months-long covert police operation recovers paintings stolen from Tel Aviv art collector 14 years ago
December 2023
Art Weekly newsletter
Volcanic prints, Mapplethorpe’s mates and Puerto Rico’s Palestinians – the week in art
The history of 500 years of print from Picasso to Emin, Robert Mapplethorpe’s portraits of his famous friends, and the Palestinian diaspora in Puerto Rico
November 2023
Art Weekly newsletter
Georg Baselitz’s erotic prints and the world’s best photography portraits – the week in art
Plus, Peter Blake talks AI in art, a dynamic look for hospital architecture and a 450-year-old look at the birth of our galaxy
Picasso painting of his ‘golden muse’ sells for $139.4m in New York
Femme à la montre, painted in 1932, becomes artist’s second most expensive work sold at auction
Picasso masterpiece kicks off auction season forecast to sell $2.5bn in art
The 1932 painting of secret ‘golden muse’ heralds first big lot of autumn with Warhol and Rothko works also up for sale
October 2023
Picasso in Fontainebleau: what happened in the summer of 1921?
Picasso portrait of Marie-Thérèse Walter expected to reach $120m at auction
September 2023
Observer TV reviews
The week in TV: Sex Education; Chris Packham: Is It Time to Break the Law?; Picasso: The Beauty and the Beast; Juice – review
Oligarch files
Roman Abramovich amassed one of the world’s most impressive private stores of modern art
Jonathan Jones
TV review
Picasso: The Beauty and the Beast review – like watching a textbook
How Coco Chanel embroidered her contradictory life story
August 2023
‘His life was full of contradictions’: Picasso’s grandson defends the artist’s behaviour towards women
The painter has been called out as a misogynist but Olivier Widmaier Picasso says his numerous lovers knew his nature
