Everyone’s talking about Les Femmes d’Alger – the Women of Algeria – but I don’t mean flesh-and-bone boss-ladies like Assia Djebar or Khalida Toumi. No, I’m talking about women in the ...

‘Les Femmes d’Alger’ (‘Women of Algiers’) isn’t a single artwork, but a series of 15 paintings—though one is more famous than the others. Picasso later told Kahnweiler, “I ...

Is there anything left to say about "The Battle of Algiers"? ("Children shoot soldiers at point-blank range. Women plant bombs in cafes. Soon the entire Arab population builds to a mad fervor.

Pablo Picasso's The Women of Algiers is considered a masterpiece of modernist art. It broke the record this week for a painting sold at auction, going for $180 million. And it also features ...

NEW YORK (AP) – A vibrant, multi-hued painting from Pablo Picasso set a world record for artwork at auction, selling for $179.4 million on Monday, and a sculpture by Alberto Giacometti set a ...

After 11 minutes of bidding from telephone buyers, Pablo Picasso's "Women of Algiers" is now the most expensive painting to sell at auction, fetching $179.3 million Monday. Offered by Christie's ...

Picasso’s “Women of Algiers (Version O),” estimated to bring over $140 million, is poised to become the most expensive artwork sold at auction, while Giacometti’s “Pointing Man” could ...

Auctioneer Jussi Pylkkanen takes bids on Pablo Picasso's Women of Algiers (Version O), which sold for nearly $179.4 million, making it set a world record for artwork at auction during a sale at ...

iW: Let’s backtrack: You were born in Algiers in 1928 ... first time may be surprised to find that there were children and women fighting amongst the FLN. Yacef: In a word, evolution within ...

(Jacob Garcia/WBUR) Her work can be better understood by looking at the artist’s version of Eugene Delacroix's “Women of Algiers.” The original painting depicts three seated women while an ...