The Pab-Low Theory in 'It's Pab-lomatic: Picasso According to Hannah Gadsby‪'‬ UnLivable Cultures

The It's Pablo-matic: Picasso According to Hannah Gadsby exhibit for the Brooklyn Museum of Art drew crowds and critiques. The multitude of harsh reviews suggest Gadsby should have stayed in their lane of comedy and stand up. But what does such criticism reveal about the art world itself?

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It’s Pablo-matic: Picasso According to Hannah Gadsby by Brooklyn Museum

Trailer | It's Pablo-matic: Pablo Picasso According to Hannah Gadsby by Brooklyn Museum

Hannah Gadsby’s Disastrous ‘Pablo-matic’ Show at the Brooklyn Museum Has Some ‘Pablo-ms’ of Its Own by Alex Greenberger

Hannah Gadsby’s Picasso Show Was Meant to Ignite Debate. And It Did. by Robin Pogrebin

A guide to the dozens of exhibitions worldwide marking the 50th anniversary of Picasso's death by José de Silva

Musée Picasso Paris Gives Fashion Designer Paul Smith Carte Blanche to Reinstall Its Permanent Collection to Dazzling Effect by Sarah Belmont

This is an experiment’: is Hannah Gadsby’s Picasso exhibition really that bad? by Lauren Mechling

Hannah Gadsby’s ‘Pablo-matic’ Is Not the Feminist Achievement It Wants to Be by Kady Ruth Ashcraft

The Queer Art of Failure by Jack Halberstam