“Guernica,” an 11- by 25-foot painting, is a political, anti-war statement in response to the bombing of Guernica in the Basque region of Spain. Through the symbolic depiction of death and violence, ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio --The Cleveland Ballet will present “Impressions of Picasso” -- exploring Pablo Picasso’s lifelong interest in and influence on ballet -- at 7 p.m., Saturday, May 31, at the Akron Art ...

Spring, 1917. World War I ground grimly on. All the same, the famed impresario of the Ballet Russe, Sergei Diaghilev, commissioned a young poet, Jean Cocteau, to conceive a new ballet. At the time ...

Between 1917 and 1962, Pablo Picasso was involved in creating the designs for nine ballets including 'Parade', 'Pulcinella' and 'L'Apres-midi d'un Faune', in collaboration with such artists as Jean ...