Diana Widmaier Picasso

Diana Widmaier Picasso
Born	March 12, 1974 Marseille, France
Nationality	French
Occupation	Art historian, Art curator

Diana Widmaier Picasso (born March 12, 1974) is a French art historian specializing in modern art. As of 2011, she is based in New York.^[1]

Life

Diana Widmaier Picasso is the daughter of Maya Picasso, daughter of Pablo Picasso and Marie-Thérèse Walter.^[2][3] She studied the art market in France in the seventeenth century at the Sorbonne and later decided to specialize in old master drawings.^[4] She worked as an expert at Sotheby’s in London and Paris from 1997 to 2000.

Catalogue Raisonné

In 2003, Picasso created a research company called DWP Editions and started gathering information on her grandfather’s works.^[5][6] She is currently working on a catalogue raisonné of Picasso’s sculptures with a team of researchers.^[7] This catalogue will present over 2000 three-dimensional works including materials like plaster, bronze, wood, terra-cotta, carboard and paper.^[8]

Curatorial works

• « Picasso.mania », Paris, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, October 7, 2015 - February 29, 2016^[9][10]
• « Picasso and Marie-Thérèse: L'Amour Fou », New York, Gagosian Gallery, April 14 - July 15, 2011^[11][12][13]

Books

Art Can Only Be Erotic ISBN 3-7913-3160-4.^[14]

Articles

• (French) « Picasso et les arts (cinéma, danse, théâtre et art vidéo) », Picasso.mania (catalogue of the exhibition), Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 2015, pp. 258-261 ISBN 2-7118-6266-6
• (French) « La sculpture de Picasso et après ... » Picasso.mania (catalogue of the exhibition), Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 2015, pp. 258-261 ISBN 2-7118-6266-6
• « Pablo Picasso: a tribute to American collectors », in Transfigurations: Modern Masters from the Wexner Family Collection (catalogue de l'exposition), Columbus, Wexner Center for the Arts, 2014 ISBN 1-8813-9055-1
• « Pablo Picasso's Sheet-Metal Sculptures, Vallauris 1954-1965: Design, Materials and Experimentation », Sylvette, Sylvette, Sylvette. Picasso and the Model (catalogue of the exhibition), Kunsthalle Bremen, Münich, Prestel, 2014, pp. 160–197 ISBN 3-7913-5362-4
• « The Marie-Thérèse Years: a Frenzied Dialogue for the Sleeping Muse, or the Rebirth of Picasso’s Plastic Laboratory », Picasso and Marie-Thérèse: L’Amour fou (catalogue of the exhibition), New York, Gagosian Gallery, Rizzoli International Publications, 2011, pp. 60–97 ISBN 0-8478-3713-0
• « The provenance of Picasso’s Collection of Erotic Japanese Prints », Picasso. Secret Images and the Japanese Erotic Prints, (catalogue of the exhibition), Barcelona, Museu Picasso, Londres, Thames & Hudson, 2009, pp. 90–94 ISBN 0-5000-9354-7
• (French) « Ambroise Vollard et les sculptures de Picasso » De Cézanne à Picasso. Chefs d’œuvre de la galerie Vollard (catalogue of the exhibition), Paris, Musée d’Orsay, Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 2007, pp. 195–201 ISBN 2-7118-5272-5
• (German) « Picasso Schaffen für das Theater und die Definition der Skulptur / Picasso’s Creations for the Theatre and the Definition of Sculpture », Picasso und das Theater / Picasso and the Theatre, (catalogue de l’exposition), Francfort, Kunsthalle, Ostfildern, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2006, pp. 155–163 ISBN 3-7757-1872-9
• (German) « Picasso und Cranach der Ältere : Kunst als Lebenskraft », Cranach. Gemälde aus Dresden, (catalogue of the exhibition), Chemnitz, Kunstsammlungen, Köln, Wienand Verlag, 2005, pp. 64–76 ISBN 3-8790-9876-X
• « Préface », Les sculptures de Picasso. Photographies de Brassaï, Paris, Assouline, 2005, pp. 1–3 ISBN 2-8432-3790-4
• « Marie-Thérèse Walter and Pablo Picasso. New Insights into a Secret Love », Pablo Picasso and Marie-Thérèse Walter. Between Classicism and Surrealism, Munster, Graphikmuseum Pablo Picasso, (catalogue of the exhibition), Bielefeld, Kerber Verlag, 2004, pp. 27–35 ISBN 3-9366-4659-7
• « Introduction », The Sculptures of Pablo Picasso (catalogue of the exhibition), New York, Gagosian Gallery, 2003, n. p. ISBN 1-8801-5496-X
• « The Encounter of Pablo Picasso and Marie-Thérèse Walter (1927): Thoughts on a Historiographical Revision », Picasso et les femmes, (catalogue of the exhibition), Chemnitz, Kunstsammlungen, Köln, 2002, pp. 162–171 ISBN 3-8321-7268-8

References

1. Finkel, Jori (December 4, 2011). "Diana Widmaier Picasso on Art through the Ages at Getty Villa". Los Angeles Times.
2. Richardson, John (May 2011). "Picasso's Erotic Code". Vanity Fair.
3. Landi, Ann (September 2005). "Lust in Translation". ART news. p. 90.
4. Stolz, George (February 1, 2013). "Authenticating Picasso". ARTnews.
5. Konigsberg, Eric (June 13–20, 2011). "Granddaughter (The Talk of the Town)". The New Yorker. p. 46.
6. M. Sheets, Hilarie (February 2005). "Picasso on Picasso". ART news. p. 68–70.
7. Kelly, Crow (July 19, 2014). "Picasso's Determined Granddaughter Catalogs His Sculptures". Wall Street Journal.
8. Delson, Susan (September 3, 2015). "MoMA Explores Picasso in the Round". The Wall Street Journal.
9. Boyer, Guy (June 14, 2013). "Picasso face aux artistes contemporains au Grand Palais en 2015". Connaissance des Arts.
10. Duponchelle, Valérie (September 8, 2015). "Diana Widmaier Picasso, l'art dans le sang". Le Figaro.
11. A. Ruhling, Nancy (Winter 2011). "Picasso Period. The Master's Granddaughter Reveals His Greatest Muse. Crazy Love". Lifestyles Magazine n°5772.
12. Cashdan, Marina (April 13, 2011). "An Exploration of Picasso's Work Through the Lens of His Lover and Muse Marie-Thérèse Walter". The Huffington Post.
13. Smith, Roberta (April 22, 2011). "Raw Like Chelsea: A Big Tent, Gentrified but Not Gentle". The New York Times.
14. Popovic, Anja (November 23, 2005). "Picasso Enkelin und die erotische Kunst". Die Welt. p. 38.