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A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler
A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler

Picasso 1969–1972: The End of the Beginning

Pablo Picasso’s Torero, from 1971.

Apr 8 – June 25, 2023
Place Mariejol 06600, Antibes, France

In his poem “Do not go gentle into that good night,” Dylan Thomas writes of “Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight.” He might have been writing about Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) and the work he did in the last three years of his life. Fast and furious, the artist churned out energetic expressionist paintings in which the eyes are everything. The year 2023, of course, marks the 50th anniversary of Picasso’s death. This exhibition in Antibes features works produced from 1969 to 1972—colorful, bold, and racing against time. —Laura Jacobs

Photo: © FABA/Hugard & Vanoverschelde/© Succession Picasso 2023