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Volcanic prints, Mapplethorpe’s mates and Puerto Rico’s Palestinians – the week in art

The history of 500 years of print from Picasso to Emin, Robert Mapplethorpe’s portraits of his famous friends, and the Palestinian diaspora in Puerto Rico

The Guardian - UK · Dec 1, 2023

The best things to do in Barcelona in 2026, from Gaudi celebrations to beach breaks

From Camp Nou to cava, festivals to Formula 1, gardens to Gaudí – here is what Barcelona has to offer in 2026

The Independent UK · Nov 28, 2023

Censored art from around the world finds a second opportunity at a Barcelona museum for banned works

A new museum in Barcelona is offering a second chance to controversial artworks that have suffered censorship for religious, sexual, political or commercial reasons

The Independent UK · Nov 18, 2023

Pornography or art? Outrage master Georg Baselitz’s sex prints are sublimely carnal

These huge upside-down linocuts showing clothed couples having sex, with a white circle at the pivotal point, are ‘like Picasso on schnapps’

The Guardian - UK · Nov 9, 2023

Picasso’s portrait of secret lover sells for $139.4 million at auction

Spanish patiner’s ‘Femme à la montre’, which told the world he was having an affair with his ‘golden muse’, is the most valuable piece of art sold this year

The Independent UK · Nov 9, 2023

Picasso painting of his ‘golden muse’ sells for $139.4m in New York

Femme à la montre, painted in 1932, becomes artist’s second most expensive work sold at auction

The Guardian - UK · Nov 9, 2023

Pablo Picasso painting sells for more than $139 million in New York

The 1932 painting 'Femme à la montre' becomes most valuable work of art sold globally at an auction this year

Evening Standard · Nov 9, 2023

Picasso masterpiece kicks off auction season forecast to sell $2.5bn in art

The 1932 painting of secret ‘golden muse’ heralds first big lot of autumn with Warhol and Rothko works also up for sale

The Guardian - UK · Nov 8, 2023

David Hockney gets personal: National Portrait exhibition stars friends, family and Harry Styles

Hockney’s Drawing from Life exhibition puts visitors up close and personal with some of the beloved artist’s most important sitters

The Independent UK · Nov 1, 2023

David Hockney review – a dazzling victory parade from a boundless lover of life

Whether channelling Picasso, depicting Celia Birtwell or capturing Harry Styles, the artist communicates profound joy – and his most recent paintings really boom with energy and hope

The Guardian - UK · Nov 1, 2023