Hannah Gadsby and “Pablo-matic" Picasso

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🗓️ 2 June 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Comedian Hannah Gadsby railed against Pablo Picasso in “Nanette.” So why are they curating an exhibition timed to the 50th anniversary of his death? Gadsby and author Claire Dederer explain what we should do with art from monstrous artists. This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Michael Raphael, and hosted by Noel King. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	In 2018, Netflix released Nanette, a viral stand-up special from the comedian Hannah
0:06.5	Gadsby.
0:07.5	It was an odd show because it wasn't entirely funny.
0:10.8	Gadsby was quite angry about some things, including the artist and sometimes misogynist
0:16.4	Pablo Picasso.
0:17.4	Picasso freezes from slavery, paper we really did.
0:21.0	You know, he freezes from the slavery of having to reproduce believable three-dimensional
0:25.2	reality on a two-dimensional surface.
0:27.9	But Picasso said, no!
0:29.9	Run free!
0:30.9	You can have all of the spectres from above from below inside out.
0:34.9	Thank you, Picasso.
0:36.9	What a hero.
0:37.9	Thank you.
0:38.9	But tell me, any of those spectives are woman.
0:40.9	50 years after the anniversary of Picasso's death, there are celebrations of his work happening
0:45.6	all around the world.
0:46.6	Gadsby has co-curated an exhibition of his art and the work of others at the Brooklyn Museum.
0:52.7	And today, on today's explain, along with Hannah Gadsby, we will examine the art monster.
1:06.3	Support for this podcast comes from Unisys.
1:09.2	Sometimes you'll hear people say, get your head out of the clouds.
1:12.6	Well, Unisys disagrees.
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