As It’s Pablo-matic: Picasso according to Hannah Gadsby opens at the Brooklyn Museum, New York, we talk to Catherine Morris and Lisa Small, who curated the show with the Aussie comedian.
The floods at the end of last month caused significant damage to the heritage of the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna; we speak to James Imam, our correspondent in Rome, to assess the extent of the damage and explore the Italian government’s response.
Ellsworth Kelly’s Spectrum IX (2014)
© Ellsworth Kelly Foundation, Photo: Ron Amstutz; Courtesy of Glenstone Museum, Potomac, Maryland
And this week marks the centenary of the birth of the great American abstract painter Ellsworth Kelly. This episode’s Work of the Week is Kelly’s Spectrum IX (2014), one of a series of color spectrum-based paintings Kelly has produced across his seven-decade career. Yuri Stone, assistant curator at Glenstone in Potomac, Maryland, USA, where the work is part of a retrospective of Kelly’s work, tells us more.
• It’s Pablo-matic: Picasso according to Hannah Gadsby, Brooklyn Museum, New York, until September 24
• Previous articles by Picasso on this podcast include a visit to Picasso 1932 from the Tate Modern and a look at his response to the old masters.
• Ellsworth Kelly at 100 continues in Glenstone, Potomac, Maryland, USA, until March 2024; to learn more about anniversary events, visit ellsworthkelly.org/centennial
