Betsy Lewis reviews the exhibition Picasso and Braque: The Cubist Experiment, 1910-1912 at the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, on view through August 21, 2011.

Lewis notes: " If there is one realm where Picasso takes command of the experiment and distinguishes himself from his friend, it is the Cubism-ization of persons, specifically but not surprisingly, the female nude. Though dark browns and bronzes dominate all of the paintings, black smoke-like currents surrounding the subject of one of Picasso's nudes suggests a darkness of mind as well as palette…"