A recent trip to the Met in NYC left me wondering: museums still seem to insist that Picasso is the pinnacle of modern, followed closely by his acolytes and other like-minded travelers. Disclaimer - I know nothing about art. But I do know this --
Pablo Picasso painted this painting 100 years ago:
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The world as it looked to Picasso, back before the First World War. |
This may be an arresting image. It may still be a revolutionary image in some ways. But it is no longer new.