Douglas Murray Douglas Murray

In defence of Picasso

Pablo Picasso in his Paris studio, c. 1920 (Getty Images) 
issue 15 April 2023

‘Well, they can’t cancel Picasso.’ That was my optimistic take some months ago when a friend in the art world said: ‘Watch out, they’re coming for him next.’

It doesn’t really matter that, like Paul Johnson – late of this parish – I don’t feel unadulterated admiration for Pablo Picasso’s work.

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