5.5.10

So What About This Record-Setting Picasso?


“Nude, Green Leaves and Bust” and other paintings from its period
are old and easy, art as usual. They keep to the known, the pleasure
zone, they keep old orders firm: artist over subject, man over woman,
woman as thing: a pink blob with closed eyes. “Ironically, this painting
which celebrates feminine submissiveness was executed on
International Woman’s Day; this would have delighted Picasso.
” That’s Mr. Richardson’s final comment on the most expensive painting ever to hit the block.
-- holland cotter, nyt . (c) 2010