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Artists who made history

Memories of Picasso, Frida Kahlo and Georgia O'Keeffe; plus, a museum of banned Russian art and a landmark festival in the 1960s for African artists.

Max Pearson introduces the memories of people who knew Picasso, Frida Kahlo and Georgia O'Keeffe; plus, how a collector in the Soviet Union managed to open a museum for Russian artists banned by Stalin, and how a festival in Senegal in the 1960s inspired artists across a newly-independent Africa.

PHOTO: Pablo Picasso in 1955 (Getty Images)

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Mon 30 May 202223:06GMT
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