Keen On America

Nothing will ever be the same again: Hugh Eakin remembers the year when the United States bumped into Pablo Picasso and modern art arrived in America

Sep 21, 2023
Hugh Eakin, author of PICASSO'S WAR, discusses the arrival of modern art in America in 1939. They explore the intersection of modern art and geopolitics, the history and reception of Picasso's famous artwork Gernica, the radical nature of Picasso's art, Alfred Barr's challenges in establishing the Museum of Modern Art, and the relationship between business and modern art in the 1920s and 1930s.
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