Great Artists: Picasso

Go to this url to see an audio/video on the last works of Pablo Picasso, who died in 1973.
It bothered me when he died that the art world dismissed his last works as tired and un-original, not even worthy of viewing. I remember thinking that he deserved a better send-off. He was one of my fantasy heroes, fantasy because I knew I would never actually spend time with him. He joined Dag Hammarskjold, Leonard Bernstein, Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo as people on my list of folks I would love to share an evening with. As I write I realize there are so many more. I never categorized them. Maybe I should. Maybe I will another day.
Anyway, go here


http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/04/17/arts/design/20090417-picasso-audioss/index.html

for a taste of this remarkable man's latest and last works. And lucky you if you live in New York.