Hannah Gadsby's 'Pablo-matic' exhibit explores Picasso's legacy at Brooklyn Museum.
Comedian Hannah Gadsby's exhibition "It's Pablo-matic: Picasso According to Hannah Gadsby" at the Brooklyn Museum falls short of its promise to put women artists on equal footing with Picasso. The exhibition features only a few paintings by Picasso, with works by women artists from the museum's collection thrown in almost at random. Gadsby's signed quips on adjacent labels are juvenile and do little to engage with feminist scholarship or the avant-garde. The exhibition's focus on "stories" over art is symptomatic of our back-to-front digital lives, and gives audiences permission to turn their backs on what challenges them.