A cubist still life was held at the border for special examination, on the chance that it might be a plan of the Panama Canal. Rumors flew that five other pictures had been lost. Opening dates were postponed, postponed again. Half of the gala invitations sent out never reached their addresses. But last week the curtain finally went up on Mexico City's No. i art event of the season: an 83-picture retrespective exhibition of the work of Pablo Picasso, the melancholy, anarchic 62-year-old Spaniard whom many consider the greatest living artist.
The Mexico City Picasso show was gathered by the town's newest...
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