1881 (Malaga, Spain) - 1973 (Mougins, France)
If the Vienna of the Belle Époque has been presented in three movements – the Oedipal rebellion of the Secession in pursuit of naked truth, the stripping-down of ornament in architecture, and the sensual and irrational paroxysm of expressionism – so
“I do not seek. I find.” Picasso’s famous statement, sometimes seen as arrogant, in fact could not be more on-target an elucidation of the work of an artist in continuous metamorphosis. Never knowing what direction he wanted to go, the Málaga-born ma
A legacy
A universal artist, widely admired, Pablo Picasso left a legacy that remains alive half a century after his death, but which also casts certain shadows.
A symbol of modern tragedies, Guernica turns 80 years old, and to celebrate this, the Reina Sofía Museum has inaugurated a major exhibition titled ‘Pity and Terror: Picasso’s Path to Guernica.’ It has also been twenty-five years since the mural-sized
Inaugurado el pasado 27 de octubre, el Museo Picasso de Málaga mostró al gran público todo su poderío con la exhibición de la colección permanente, compuesta por 204 obras, fruto de la donación y préstamo a diez años prorrogables, de Christine, viuda
El último acto en la vida de Picasso se abre en 1954. Acaba de ser abandonado por Françoise Gillot, e inicia entonces una nueva relación amorosa con Jacqueline Roque. Tiene 73 años y es, sin duda alguna, el artista más famoso del mundo. Todos conocen
Twenty five years after Franco’s death, democratic Spain remembers its recent past as incorporated in works of arts and emblematic buildings.