The American Conservative

Picasso’s Blue Period

Picasso: Painting the Blue Period, at the Phillips Collection, Dupont Circle, Washington, D.C., until June 12. The strong should go ahead and take what they want: Such a quasi-Nietzschean maxim is ...
Artnet

Remarkable New Infrared Images of Picasso’s Blue Period Works Reveal Buried Underpaintings and His Extraordinary Process

As the 50th anniversary of Pablo Picasso’s death approaches in 2023, news has poured in about conservation research into three Blue Period works. The fruits of this research are now being shared with ...
Wall Street Journal

‘Picasso: Painting the Blue Period’ Review: Brilliant From the Beginning

Given the countless exhibitions and the vast literature dedicated to Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), is there anything more to say? “Picasso: Painting the Blue Period,” at the Phillips Collection, affirms ...
Washington Post

A deep dive into Picasso’s Blue Period at the Phillips Collection

Pablo Picasso's “The Soup,” 1903. (Art Gallery of Ontario/Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York) Review by Philip Kennicott “Picasso: Painting the Blue Period” sprawls out ...
The New York Times

Even the ‘Wrong’ Picasso Can Be So Right

“Painting the Blue Period” at the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., gives a glimpse of the artist before he came into his own with Cubism. By Blake Gopnik WASHINGTON — An expert on Pablo ...
KPBS

A hidden Picasso painting from the early Blue Period is revealed by new technology

One of the earliest pieces from Pablo Picasso's iconic Blue Period has revealed an unexpected discovery: another figure beneath the surface. This finding provides further insight into the process of ...
Time

Picasso in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

The museum pulls together its permanent collection in a landmark exhibition featuring more than 300 works by the master artist With the full support of his father, who was a drawing master, Pablo ...