In 1957, when Pablo Picasso was in his seventh decade, he mused that x-ray technology might one day reveal a lost work underneath one of his early paintings. Today, that prediction became reality-although the technology involved goes far beyond x-rays.

Emeline Pouyet, a postdoctoral fellow at the Northwestern/Art Institute Center for Scientific Studies in the Arts, will present how innovative techni­cal studies are helping rediscover Picasso’s decision making and creative processes at this early and seminal part of his career. Details here.