‘Picasso–El Greco’ Review: Linking the Masters

Bringing together major paintings and drawings by a paramount artist of the 20th century and one of the greatest artists of the 17th, “Picasso-El Greco” at the Kunstmuseum Basel invites viewers to explore the profound yet contradictory relationship of modern art to the historic past. At the heart of this exhibition is the curator’s commitment to redefining our understanding of the most innovative movement of 20th-century art, Cubism, as deeply reliant on El Greco’s achievements rather than the rejection of past art.