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The Arts Intel Report

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

Picasso and Paper

Sept 22, 2019 – Jan 31, 2020
11150 East Blvd, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA

“To draw you must close your eyes and sing,” said Picasso, and the songs he sang with paper ranged from ditties to folk tunes to arias. Picasso didn’t simply put pencil to paper, he tore, twisted, and burned it in endless experimentation, sometimes using it to create 3-D forms. “Picasso and Paper,” organized by the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Royal Academy of Arts, London, brings together 300 of these works, embodiments of Picasso’s ever roaming imagination. —E.C.

Pablo Picasso, “Women at Their Toilette,” 1937– 38. © RMN - Grand Palais (Musée national Picasso - Paris) / Art Res ource, NY / Adrien Didierjean. © 2020 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.