Picasso/Asia: A conversation, at M+ in Hong Kong, is simply splendid. It is innovative: not a standard chronological parade of ‘masterpieces’, but a rich and probing interrogation of the most famous European artist of the twentieth century, paired with an intelligent consideration of the impact of his work in Asia, and how it connected with Asian artists. The cover of the accompanying book shows a hilarious 2010 remaking by Japanese trickster Yasumasa Morimura of a famous 1952 photograph of Picasso by Robert Doisneau; it is playful, pungent, and undeniably affectionate, a dazzling example of curiosity among Asian artists about this towering figure. In fact, Picasso specifically addressed Asia only once, with the 1951 painting Massacre in Korea. More on that later.