Picasso


How to fix a ripped US$80m Picasso

A woman visiting the Met in New York tripped and tore Picasso’s painting The Actor. Whoopsie daisy! How exactly does a museum fix a 15cm tear in a very expensive, century old masterpiece?

Picasso painting found in Iraq…or was it?

A Picasso painting has been ‘found’ in Iraq, supposedly looted from Kuwait after Saddam Hussein’s invasion. But on closer inspection, where is the record of any missing Picasso painting?

Wankley Awards: The Daily Tele swallows a fake Picasso

The Daily Tele reported last week that a young Sydney woman took her online Picasso to an “antiques roadshow” in Dee Why and it was verified as authentic. If only they’d got a second opinion…