‘As long as I am breathing,” Françoise Gilot once said, “I am painting.” It is no surprise then that the artist, who died earlier this month at the age of 101, has left behind a remarkable body of work: paintings, collages, ceramics, drawings and lithographs as well as poetry and prose – the fruits of a brilliant, 80-year career. Tributes poured out across the globe, as commentators seized the opportunity to reflect on Gilot’s achievements. But it turns out celebrating Gilot’s legacy is a bit of a Pandora’s box because, for 10 years, she was Pablo Picasso’s muse, his lover,...