John Richardson
Art critic John Richardson has spent his life mingling with some of the most famous artists in the world. He has written the first three volumes of his four-part Picasso biography, A Life of Picasso.
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Picasso’s Erotic Code
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Vanity Fair | May 2011
A major new exhibition at the Gagosian Gallery tracks the affair between Picasso and Marie-Thérèse Walter, who became his mistress at 17, bore him a child, and committed suicide after his death, 50 years after they met. John Richardson tells the love story behind Walter’s encoded appearances in some of the 20th century’s most important artworks, including Picasso’s anti-war masterpiece, Guernica.
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Expats in Wonderland
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Vanity Fair | August 2007
Whether hosting a Paris bash for Stravinsky’s latest ballet, visiting the Cole Porters in Venice, or summering with Picasso on the Riviera, Gerald and Sara Murphy brought their incandescent American energy, passion for art, and substantial fortunes to the playgrounds of 1920s Europe. As a new exhibition focuses on the couple, and Gerald’s painting, John Richardson explores the shadows of their gorgeous life, immortalized in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Tender Is the Night.
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Remembering Douglas Cooper
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New York Review of Books | April 1985
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