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Picasso, Duchamp in first ever face-off in Stockholm

Stockholm’s Museum of Modern Art is pitting Pablo Picasso and Marcel Duchamp, two of the 20th century’s modernist greats, against each other in a new exhibition opposing their contrasting approaches to art. “Picasso/Duchamp: He was wrong” opened Saturday, the title based on Picasso’s reputed laconic remark on learning of Duchamp’s…

Picasso piece rediscovered after 50 years in Indiana museum storage

It had sat unnoticed in storage for almost half a century after being mistaken for a work by the little-known, and non-existent, artist Gemmaux. But a closer inspection of the glasswork at Indiana’s Evansville Museum revealed the telltale signs of a 20th century European master. The bold lines, the nod…

Munch’s ‘Scream’ beats auction record at $119.9 million

NEW YORK — The only privately owned version of Edvard Munch’s “The Scream” — one of the most recognizable paintings in history — set a world record when it sold for $119.9 million at Sotheby’s in New York. Heated competition between seven bidders took the price to the highest for…