Annie Cohen-Solal

with Leo Castelli, New York, October 1990 © Marc Riboud / Fonds Marc Riboud au MNAAG

“Cohen-Solal’s reporting casts Picasso as an explicitly political subject, showing how his art became ensnared in a larger identity crisis facing France.”

by Alex Greenberger, Art in America. September 19, 2023

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Picasso the Foreigner

Why was Picasso branded as an anarchist by the Police authorities on 18 June 1901, just two weeks before his first exhibition opened in Paris? Although the artist’s work has generated exponentially increasing numbers of exhibitions, studies and comments commensurate with his immense talent, paradoxically Picasso’s status as ‘a foreigner’ has been neglected. This book aims to explore the topic.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Annie Cohen-Solal is a Distinguished Professor at Bocconi University in Milan (Department of Social and Political Sciences). She obtained her doctorate at the Sorbonne, where she developed a joint interest in history and sociology. Her academic career has taken her to positions at prestigious universities, from Berlin to Jerusalem, New York and Paris.