Plus, Chris Levine's portrait of Queen Elizabeth II; and a rise in political interference in museum leadership

Picasso’s ‘Reclining Woman VI’ was one of the many works Imelda and Ferdinand Marcos Sr bought with billions siphoned off from the state

Femme nue couchée was shown in Tate blockbuster exhibition in 2018

The sale of the canonical early Cubist sculpture will bolster the museum’s acquisitions fund and at no great cost to its collection, which includes another edition of the work

Our roundup of the latest art publications

All you ever wanted to know about Picasso’s Blue Period, from the definitive early biography to the journals of his “first great love”—selected by the curator Susan Behrends Frank

Descendants planned to sell a 1958 Picasso ceramic at an in-real-life auction, mint the piece as an NFT and also release an accompanying song with John Legend

Podcast reveals extraordinary tale that involves the famous writer, the drugs lord Pablo Escobar and a National Football League player, who tried to sell the work at Art Basel in Miami Beach

The Minotaur Years relays the artist's strife as he entered his 50s and one of the most turbulent decades of European history

Only five of the 59 lots went unsold in the auction last night

Steve Kough also stole three paintings from the Detroit Institute of Arts in 1982—while on trial for conspiracy to distribute marijuana

The show, delayed because of Covid, focuses on three works painted by the “insanely ambitious” artist during a low point in his early career

The works, chosen by casino mogul Steve Wynn, will be auctioned as the entertainment group MGM Resorts moves to focus its art collection on "diversity and inclusion"

When prices and cultural value are so easily confused, there is a case for the return of critical evaluation—in updated form

During an interrogation with Greek police, a construction worker explains what drove him to commit a brazen heist in 2012

Authorities have reportedly arrested a man after the paintings were found in a gorge

A three-year research project looked at the materials in four works from the same period to explain their differing conditions

The 1932 work was last sold in 2013 at Sotheby's when it seemingly sold to the guarantor for a low estimate £28.6m

The De Young’s current exhibition, comparing the work of the two Modern artists, is not a perfect coupling

The third-generation Ateliers Hugo has been casting artists’ creations using ancient techniques from the same workshop in the south of France for nearly 70 years

The work was loaned by the Rockefeller family, who have now requested it back

Family of artist Carl Nesjar—who collaborated on the works with Picasso—say they have a copyright claim and should help decide where the pieces are relocated

The identity of those posing with the master remains a mystery a century after the picture was taken

Influential works by Duchamp, Picasso and Mondrian also celebrate centenary this year

From Leonardo to Bacon, take your pick from a selection of essential texts on leading artists

Aix-en-Provence city council says that sale fell through after negotiations with artist’s stepdaughter broke down

Delayed by coronavirus, the new Kulturstiftung Basel H. Geiger has opened with the promise of free entry and catalogues for visitors

Repairing the piece—on long-term loan from a private collection—will take more than a year and cost up to £350,000

Daughter of the works' co-creator Carl Nesjar says safeguarding the sandblasted works is imperative