Picasso: Une traversée du siècle

This article is in the form of an interview where Peter Read answers questions from French historian Michel Winock, providing a survey of the role of politics in Picasso's art and life, from his student days to his death in 1973, including his Spanish-Republican, wartime and communist activities, exploring how politics and historical events affected specific works, here discussed, his concessions to ideological pressures and how he combined artistic independence with political commitment.