Diana Widmaier Picasso
Diana Widmaier Picasso | |
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Born |
Marseille, France | March 12, 1974
Nationality | French |
Occupation | Art historian, Art curator |
Diana Widmaier Picasso (born March 12, 1974) is a French art historian specializing in modern art. As of 2011, she is based in New York.[1]
Life
Diana Widmaier Picasso is the daughter of Maya Picasso, daughter of Pablo Picasso and Marie-Thérèse Walter.[2][3] She studied the art market in France in the seventeenth century at the Sorbonne and later decided to specialize in old master drawings.[4] She worked as an expert at Sotheby’s in London and Paris from 1997 to 2000.
Catalogue Raisonné
In 2003, Picasso created a research company called DWP Editions and started gathering information on her grandfather’s works.[5][6] She is currently working on a catalogue raisonné of Picasso’s sculptures with a team of researchers.[7] This catalogue will present over 2000 three-dimensional works including materials like plaster, bronze, wood, terra-cotta, carboard and paper.[8]
Curatorial works
- « Picasso.mania », Paris, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, October 7, 2015 - February 29, 2016[9][10]
- « Picasso and Marie-Thérèse: L'Amour Fou », New York, Gagosian Gallery, April 14 - July 15, 2011[11][12][13]
Books
Art Can Only Be Erotic ISBN 3-7913-3160-4.[14]
Articles
- (French) « Picasso et les arts (cinéma, danse, théâtre et art vidéo) », Picasso.mania (catalogue of the exhibition), Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 2015, pp. 258-261 ISBN 2-7118-6266-6
- (French) « La sculpture de Picasso et après ... » Picasso.mania (catalogue of the exhibition), Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 2015, pp. 258-261 ISBN 2-7118-6266-6
- « Pablo Picasso: a tribute to American collectors », in Transfigurations: Modern Masters from the Wexner Family Collection (catalogue de l'exposition), Columbus, Wexner Center for the Arts, 2014 ISBN 1-8813-9055-1
- « Pablo Picasso's Sheet-Metal Sculptures, Vallauris 1954-1965: Design, Materials and Experimentation », Sylvette, Sylvette, Sylvette. Picasso and the Model (catalogue of the exhibition), Kunsthalle Bremen, Münich, Prestel, 2014, pp. 160–197 ISBN 3-7913-5362-4
- « The Marie-Thérèse Years: a Frenzied Dialogue for the Sleeping Muse, or the Rebirth of Picasso’s Plastic Laboratory », Picasso and Marie-Thérèse: L’Amour fou (catalogue of the exhibition), New York, Gagosian Gallery, Rizzoli International Publications, 2011, pp. 60–97 ISBN 0-8478-3713-0
- « The provenance of Picasso’s Collection of Erotic Japanese Prints », Picasso. Secret Images and the Japanese Erotic Prints, (catalogue of the exhibition), Barcelona, Museu Picasso, Londres, Thames & Hudson, 2009, pp. 90–94 ISBN 0-5000-9354-7
- (French) « Ambroise Vollard et les sculptures de Picasso » De Cézanne à Picasso. Chefs d’œuvre de la galerie Vollard (catalogue of the exhibition), Paris, Musée d’Orsay, Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 2007, pp. 195–201 ISBN 2-7118-5272-5
- (German) « Picasso Schaffen für das Theater und die Definition der Skulptur / Picasso’s Creations for the Theatre and the Definition of Sculpture », Picasso und das Theater / Picasso and the Theatre, (catalogue de l’exposition), Francfort, Kunsthalle, Ostfildern, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2006, pp. 155–163 ISBN 3-7757-1872-9
- (German) « Picasso und Cranach der Ältere : Kunst als Lebenskraft », Cranach. Gemälde aus Dresden, (catalogue of the exhibition), Chemnitz, Kunstsammlungen, Köln, Wienand Verlag, 2005, pp. 64–76 ISBN 3-8790-9876-X
- « Préface », Les sculptures de Picasso. Photographies de Brassaï, Paris, Assouline, 2005, pp. 1–3 ISBN 2-8432-3790-4
- « Marie-Thérèse Walter and Pablo Picasso. New Insights into a Secret Love », Pablo Picasso and Marie-Thérèse Walter. Between Classicism and Surrealism, Munster, Graphikmuseum Pablo Picasso, (catalogue of the exhibition), Bielefeld, Kerber Verlag, 2004, pp. 27–35 ISBN 3-9366-4659-7
- « Introduction », The Sculptures of Pablo Picasso (catalogue of the exhibition), New York, Gagosian Gallery, 2003, n. p. ISBN 1-8801-5496-X
- « The Encounter of Pablo Picasso and Marie-Thérèse Walter (1927): Thoughts on a Historiographical Revision », Picasso et les femmes, (catalogue of the exhibition), Chemnitz, Kunstsammlungen, Köln, 2002, pp. 162–171 ISBN 3-8321-7268-8
References
- ↑ Finkel, Jori (December 4, 2011). "Diana Widmaier Picasso on Art through the Ages at Getty Villa". Los Angeles Times.
- ↑ Richardson, John (May 2011). "Picasso's Erotic Code". Vanity Fair.
- ↑ Landi, Ann (September 2005). "Lust in Translation". ART news. p. 90.
- ↑ Stolz, George (February 1, 2013). "Authenticating Picasso". ARTnews.
- ↑ Konigsberg, Eric (June 13–20, 2011). "Granddaughter (The Talk of the Town)". The New Yorker. p. 46.
- ↑ M. Sheets, Hilarie (February 2005). "Picasso on Picasso". ART news. p. 68–70.
- ↑ Kelly, Crow (July 19, 2014). "Picasso's Determined Granddaughter Catalogs His Sculptures". Wall Street Journal.
- ↑ Delson, Susan (September 3, 2015). "MoMA Explores Picasso in the Round". The Wall Street Journal.
- ↑ Boyer, Guy (June 14, 2013). "Picasso face aux artistes contemporains au Grand Palais en 2015". Connaissance des Arts.
- ↑ Duponchelle, Valérie (September 8, 2015). "Diana Widmaier Picasso, l'art dans le sang". Le Figaro.
- ↑ A. Ruhling, Nancy (Winter 2011). "Picasso Period. The Master's Granddaughter Reveals His Greatest Muse. Crazy Love". Lifestyles Magazine n°5772.
- ↑ Cashdan, Marina (April 13, 2011). "An Exploration of Picasso's Work Through the Lens of His Lover and Muse Marie-Thérèse Walter". The Huffington Post.
- ↑ Smith, Roberta (April 22, 2011). "Raw Like Chelsea: A Big Tent, Gentrified but Not Gentle". The New York Times.
- ↑ Popovic, Anja (November 23, 2005). "Picasso Enkelin und die erotische Kunst". Die Welt. p. 38.