Picasso Women of Algiers

A Qatari sheikh, Picasso’s censored breasts and the west’s confusion over Islam

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The media were horrified that Picasso’s nudes might be locked away by a conservative Middle Eastern collector – but the unfounded story only serves to highlight our hypocrisy

Splurging £102.6m on Picasso’s Women of Algiers is simply insane

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The record-breaking price paid for a late, ungreat work shows the foolishness of collectors infected by a dumb new buzz around the artist