Annie Cohen-Solal

A fascinating exploration of the life and work of one of America’s most famous and enigmatic postwar visual artists Mark Rothko, one of the greatest painters of the twentieth century, was born in the Jewish Pale of Settlement in 1903. He immigrated to the United States at age ten, taking with him his Talmudic education and his memories of pogroms...

Before Picasso became Picasso—the iconic artist now celebrated as one of France's leading figures—he was constantly surveilled by the French police. Soon after his arrival in 1901, he was flagged as an anarchist by the security services—the first of many entries in an extensive case file. Though he became increasingly wealthy as his reputation grew worldwide, Picasso's art was largely...