Picasso: Genius who leads many artists astray

Democracy, by Bezalel Ngabo. PHOTO | FRANK WHALLEY | NMG

Picasso has a lot to answer for.

The man who, with Braque, revolutionised art by inventing Cubism, inevitably spawned a host of imitators, some of whom actually understood what he was trying to do — to explain the experience of looking at an object rather than simply describe its appearance.