Home > Genius > Picasso « TV Series Page Genius: Picasso (2018) SEASON: Season 2 Season 1 Season 2 Want to see Episode List Picasso Genius Critics Consensus An impressive performance from Antonio Banderas rescues Genius: Picasso from condensed melodrama. 57% TOMATOMETER Critic Ratings: 23 20% Audience Score User Ratings: 120 More Info × Close Want to see Super Reviewer Submit Super Reviewer Edit Review Episodes 1 Picasso: Chapter One Air date: Apr 24, 2018 Pablo Picasso (Antonio Banderas) struggles to bring attention to the rising threat of fascism in Spain. Meanwhile, Young Pablo (Alex Rich) dreams of becoming a great painter. But first he must find his own voice. More 2 Picasso: Chapter Two Air date: Apr 24, 2018 WWII rages, but older Picasso (Antonio Banderas) refuses to leave Paris, straining his relationship with photographer Dora Maar (Samantha Colley). Meanwhile, Young Pablo (Alex Rich) finds quick success on his first trip to Paris by imitatingcopying the masters, but he struggles to make something truly original. 
 More 3 Picasso: Chapter Three Air date: May 1, 2018 Pablo (Alex Rich) begins his Blue Period after the suicide of his best friend, and meets his first great love, Fernande Olivier (Aisling Franciosi). Meanwhile, older Picasso (Antonio Banderas) startsbegins an affair with anotherhis last great love, the young artist Françoise Gilot (Clémence Poésy).
 
 More 4 Picasso: Chapter Four Air date: May 8, 2018 Picasso juggles two love affairs; and young Pablo strives to make a great statement. More 5 Picasso: Chapter Five Air date: May 15, 2018 Picasso (Antonio Banderas) goes to greatendless lengths to convince Françoise Gilot (Clémence Poésy) to move in with him. Meanwhile, Young Pablo (Alex Rich) struggles to match the genius of Matisse. He, but finds dark inspiration from his souring relationship with Fernande Olivier (Aisling Franciosi).

 More 6 Picasso: Chapter Six Air date: May 22, 2018 As older Picasso (Antonio Banderas) takes Françoise Gilot (Clémence Poésy) to the South of France for vacation, Younger Pablo (Alex Rich) gives up his partying ways and invents cubism with Georges Braque (Kerr Logan). But his career is threatened when he is accused of stealing the Mona Lisa.


 More 7 Picasso: Chapter Seven Air date: May 29, 2018 In the wake of WWII, older Picasso (Antonio Banderas) joins the Communist Party and struggles to reconcile his art with his political ideals. .H aunted by a doomed love affair from his past, hHe falters in his responsibilities to Françoise Gilot (Clémence Poésy)., haunted by a doomed love affair from his past.

 More 8 Picasso: Chapter Eight Air date: Jun 5, 2018 Yearning for something new, Young Pablo (Alex Rich) throws himself into designing a ballet., Hwhere he meets his first wife, the ballerina Olga Khoklova (Sofia Doniants). Meanwhile, older Picasso (Antonio Banderas) struggles to balance the needs of his family with his desire to remain artistically relevant. More 9 Picasso: Chapter Nine Air date: Jun 12, 2018 Françoise Gilot (Clémence Poésy) defies Picasso (Antonio Banderas) and pursues her artistic goals, as Younger Picasso ablo (Alex Rich) finds respite from his strained marriage to Olga (Sofia Doniants) with a new amour fou (mad love). Meanwhile, a young Dora Maar (Samantha Colley) strives to meet Picasso, but he's not at all what she expects.
 More 10 Picasso: Chapter Ten Air date: Jun 19, 2018 After leaving Picasso, Françoise Gilot (Clémence Poésy) struggles to escape his shadow and make it on her own. Picasso (Antonio Banderas) finds companionship with Jacqueline Roque (Valentina Bellè), but secludes himself from the world, determined to paint the perfect painting. More Genius: Picasso Videos 1:55 Genius: Picasso: Season 2 Trailer 1:30 Genius: Picasso: Season 2 Trailer 2 View All Videos (2) Genius: Picasso Photos View All Photos (9) Tv Season Info As one of the 20th century's most influential and celebrated artists, Pablo Picasso imagined and interpreted the world in totally new and unorthodox ways, reinventing our perception of creativity in the process. Starring Antonio Banderas in the titular role, the second season of National Geographic's 10-part, Emmy-nominated global event series, Genius, explores how the Spanish-born artist's passionate nature and relentless creative drive were inextricably linked to his personal life, which included tumultuous marriages, numerous affairs and constantly shifting political and personal alliances. Genre: Drama Network: National Geographic Premiere Date: Apr 24, 2018 Exec. Producers: Ron Howard, Anna Culp, Francie Calfo Cast Antonio Banderas as Pablo Picasso (older) Alex Rich as Pablo Picasso (younger) Geoffrey Rush as Albert Einstein (older) Edward Akrout Johnny Flynn as Albert Einstein (younger) Emily Watson as Elsa Einstein Michael McElhatton as Dr. Philipp Lenard Seth Gabel as Michele Besso Samantha Colley as Mileva Maric Richard Topol as Fritz Haber Vincent Kartheiser as Raymond Geist T.R. Knight as J. Edgar Hoover Alex Richardson as Young Picasso Clémence Poésy as Françoise Gilot Robert Sheehan as Carlos Casagemas Poppy Delevingne as Marie-Thérèse Walter Aisling Franciosi as Fernande Olivier Sebastian Roche as Emile Gilot Show More Cast News & Interviews for Genius: Picasso 2018 TV Premiere Dates Calendar 2018 TV Finale Dates Calendar 2018 Emmy Award Winners View All Genius: Picasso News Episodes 1 Picasso: Chapter One Air date: Apr 24, 2018 Pablo Picasso (Antonio Banderas) struggles to bring attention to the rising threat of fascism in Spain. Meanwhile, Young Pablo (Alex Rich) dreams of becoming a great painter. But first he must find his own voice. More 2 Picasso: Chapter Two Air date: Apr 24, 2018 WWII rages, but older Picasso (Antonio Banderas) refuses to leave Paris, straining his relationship with photographer Dora Maar (Samantha Colley). Meanwhile, Young Pablo (Alex Rich) finds quick success on his first trip to Paris by imitatingcopying the masters, but he struggles to make something truly original. 
 More 3 Picasso: Chapter Three Air date: May 1, 2018 Pablo (Alex Rich) begins his Blue Period after the suicide of his best friend, and meets his first great love, Fernande Olivier (Aisling Franciosi). Meanwhile, older Picasso (Antonio Banderas) startsbegins an affair with anotherhis last great love, the young artist Françoise Gilot (Clémence Poésy).
 
 More 4 Picasso: Chapter Four Air date: May 8, 2018 Picasso juggles two love affairs; and young Pablo strives to make a great statement. More 5 Picasso: Chapter Five Air date: May 15, 2018 Picasso (Antonio Banderas) goes to greatendless lengths to convince Françoise Gilot (Clémence Poésy) to move in with him. Meanwhile, Young Pablo (Alex Rich) struggles to match the genius of Matisse. He, but finds dark inspiration from his souring relationship with Fernande Olivier (Aisling Franciosi).

 More 6 Picasso: Chapter Six Air date: May 22, 2018 As older Picasso (Antonio Banderas) takes Françoise Gilot (Clémence Poésy) to the South of France for vacation, Younger Pablo (Alex Rich) gives up his partying ways and invents cubism with Georges Braque (Kerr Logan). But his career is threatened when he is accused of stealing the Mona Lisa.


 More 7 Picasso: Chapter Seven Air date: May 29, 2018 In the wake of WWII, older Picasso (Antonio Banderas) joins the Communist Party and struggles to reconcile his art with his political ideals. .H aunted by a doomed love affair from his past, hHe falters in his responsibilities to Françoise Gilot (Clémence Poésy)., haunted by a doomed love affair from his past.

 More 8 Picasso: Chapter Eight Air date: Jun 5, 2018 Yearning for something new, Young Pablo (Alex Rich) throws himself into designing a ballet., Hwhere he meets his first wife, the ballerina Olga Khoklova (Sofia Doniants). Meanwhile, older Picasso (Antonio Banderas) struggles to balance the needs of his family with his desire to remain artistically relevant. More 9 Picasso: Chapter Nine Air date: Jun 12, 2018 Françoise Gilot (Clémence Poésy) defies Picasso (Antonio Banderas) and pursues her artistic goals, as Younger Picasso ablo (Alex Rich) finds respite from his strained marriage to Olga (Sofia Doniants) with a new amour fou (mad love). Meanwhile, a young Dora Maar (Samantha Colley) strives to meet Picasso, but he's not at all what she expects.
 More 10 Picasso: Chapter Ten Air date: Jun 19, 2018 After leaving Picasso, Françoise Gilot (Clémence Poésy) struggles to escape his shadow and make it on her own. Picasso (Antonio Banderas) finds companionship with Jacqueline Roque (Valentina Bellè), but secludes himself from the world, determined to paint the perfect painting. More Critic Reviews for Genius Picasso All Critics (23) | Top Critics (11) | Fresh (13) | Rotten (10) The result is unendurable. Banderas is - I'd almost forgotten - a good actor. But even he can't make his lines sound convincing. May 3, 2018 | Full Review… Rachel Cooke New Statesman Top Critic If the expectation of Genius is to grant the viewer some sliver of enlightenment about the inner workings of complex minds, it has fallen down in its mission yet again. Apr 25, 2018 | Full Review… Melanie McFarland Salon.com Top Critic What is on display feels far removed from Picasso's genius, even if it's right in line with the Genius" brand. Apr 23, 2018 | Rating: C- | Full Review… Ben Travers indieWire Top Critic Unintentionally hilarious. Oct 17, 2018 | Full Review… Hugo Rifkind Times (UK) Top Critic Genius: Picasso, with its notable performances by both Banderas and Colley, has a chance to become much more than a paint-by-the-numbers bio as its story proceeds. Apr 24, 2018 | Rating: B | Full Review… Ed Bark Uncle Barky Top Critic The series is interesting at times. Yet despite a strong performance from Banderas, the rest of the show feels dragged down Oct 10, 2018 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review… Alan French AwardsCircuit.com Genius: Picasso [interrogates] how gender has defined, and restricted, our understanding of genius isn't so much subtext as it is openly, emphatically... text. Jan 21, 2019 | Full Review… Alex Moreland Yahoo! Movies The result is a disappointingly conventional portrait of one of the most unconventional figures in modern art. May 8, 2018 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review… Alison de Souza The Straits Times (Singapore) Picasso, a very complicated man, but also an artist of unfathomable complexities, would not be proud. [full review in Spanish] May 4, 2018 | Full Review… Daniel Krauze El Financiero 'Picasso' exceeds expectations: it aligns the young Picasso (Alex Rich) with the adult one with continuous jumps in time and tells his life effectively. [Full Review in Spanish] Jul 22, 2019 | Full Review… John Tones Espinof Genius it ain't, but this is good fun. May 2, 2018 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review… Christopher Stevens Daily Mail (UK) The downside of Genius: Picasso is that what they shot has not embedded the Cubist scent or the surreal flash. [Full Review in Spanish] Jul 2, 2018 | Full Review… Borja Hermoso El Pais (Spain) View All Critic Reviews (23) Audience Reviews for Genius: Picasso Aug 26, 2019 This show is not that good like the 1st one . The main character's relationship is totally messed up but he was a genius painter and a fucking pervert Neeraj N Sep 09, 2018 It wasn't Genius: Einstein, and it suffered a lot from poor writing and acting, but Antonio Banderas, good cinematography, nice sets, etc. make it interesting for me. I don't understand all the hate it's received, but I understand most of the criticisms. Still, I liked it. Adam K Jul 01, 2018 great performances, photography and great story Lucia S Jun 21, 2018 Banderas shows a lot of ham acting! João J Jun 19, 2018 A pesar de que su actuación, en general, es buena, el único pero que le pongo a la interpretación de Antonio Banderas como Pablo Picasso es su intención de querer sonar todo el tiempo como al gato con botas" que interpretó en "shreck"". la segunda temporada de genius destaca por una aceptable producción y actuaciones. sin embargo, es una lástima que al final la trama se sienta algo caótica en su narración simultánea de varias etapas de la vida del genio de málaga, y que se haya inclinado más por retratar las relaciones de picasso con sus innumerables mujeres, que por profundizar más en su arte y genialidad. Alex F May 25, 2018 Picasso's life deserves much better treatment. A very weak script. Jeavons B May 24, 2018 Love it! Alex Rich looks EXACTLY LIKE PICASSO AT THAT AGE! Whoever did the casting and whoever's doing the makeup should win Emmys; ALL of the actors and actresses bear striking resemblances to the people they're meant to portray. This is basically a live adaptation of Sue Roe's book "In Montemartre," or at least seems to heavily crib plot points and details from the book in a way that, as I've beeb watching it, I've been going back into the book to compare events. If you're an art nerd or Picasso aficionado this series is almost like looking through a crystal ball back in time at the real events. Anybody who rates this less than five stars has no idea what they're watching and cannot possibly appreciate the effort it must've taken to put all of the little pieces together like this. It's such a treat that I get goosebumps watching each episode, and when Matisse and Braque show up in Episode 5 it went right over the top. I can't wait to see how the last half of the series is put together. BRAVO NATGEO! May 13, 2018 The writing is Puerile. The editing of the story is very difficult ainto follow- Back and forth with no resolution fro fum past to future. Spanish painters are mentioned as if there is a doubt about who is talking. Whoever wrote the story- took a great story and turned into a strange biopic that drains all the joy, passion and genius out of the story Frank S Apr 26, 2018 Quite Dry, and not anywhere near as engaging as Season 1. Maybe i can relate to scientists more than artists, but season 2 was not anywhere near as good as Season 1. Grant S See all Audience reviews News & Features 150 Erotic Movies Ranked worst to best! 2019's Most Anticipated 63 movies coming up this year 200 Essential Movies Chosen by RT staff! 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