By Farah Nayeri Pablo Picasso stands, cigarette in hand, gazing intently at the viewer. A white pocket square pokes out of his suit jacket; strands of hair reach up to the top of the canvas.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. At Sotheby’s modern and contemporary evening auction in London earlier this month, a Picasso painting ...

Making a living as jazz artist is a challenge. For every jazz megastar who can support his or herself with their music, dozens rely on day jobs and remain relative unknowns, even while making great ...

Pablo Picasso with his partner Françoise Gilot, one of Sue Roe’s subjects - lIPNITZKI ...

Setting up shop as a jazz artist in Seoul, South Korea, is probably not the recommended way of raising the profile in the United States. But vibraphonist Chris Varga, who worked the jazz scene in ...