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Pablo Picasso’s journey from prodigy to 20th century icon revealed a genius whose vision captured and probed the deepest complexities of modern life. Centring on 13 key works, this vivid portrait walks you through major turning points in Picasso’s life’s work, from early success with Demoiselles d’Avignon to the melancholy Blue Period to the introduction of Cubism. With celebrated art historians and contemporaries as your guide— including Gerhard Richter, David Hockney and Roy Lichtenstein—get an extraordinary glimpse into the motifs, methods and movements that would shape one of the most important artists of our time.