A bombshell memoir by a former lover annoys and embarrasses Picasso in his final years. But it is only half a century after his death that his misogyny is seen as truly problematic. And leaves many now grappling with how to separate the art from the artist.
Artwork:
*The Woman in a Chair, *Pablo Picasso (1948)
Seated Woman in Green, Pablo Picasso (1953)
*Self Portrait Facing Death, *Pablo Picasso (1972)
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