About this Event
Monday, April 3, at 6pm, join Annie Cohen-Solal and Jonathan Galassi as they discuss Cohen-Solal’s Picasso the Foreigner, published to wide acclaim in France and winner of the 2022 Fémina Prize (nonfiction). This groundbreaking biography is born from the author’s curated exhibition of Pablo Picasso’s work in Paris. Our guests will delve into the tempestuous relationship between the artist and his adopted homeland: France.
Now celebrated as one of France’s leading figures, Picasso faced a triple stigma when he first arrived in the country as an unknown artist: placed under police surveillance as a foreigner, he was soon labeled a political radical and, as a leader of the avant-garde, excluded from the French cultural establishment. Through extensive use of fascinating and long-understudied archival sources, Cohen-Solal reveals how Picasso navigated these pressures both aesthetically and politically – and how his status as a foreigner came to define and dynamize his art.
In English. Free with RSVP.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Albertine, 972 5th Avenue, New York, United States
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