In 1906, as Pablo Picasso was strolling through the Near Eastern Antiquities gallery in the Louvre Museum, he came across sculptures from the Iberian religious sanctuary Cerro de los Santos. He also made acquaintance with the Lady of Elche, a limestone bust of a stunningly beautiful Spanish woman of the 4th century B.C. Over the following months, as if spellbound, he began to makes sketches, paintings, and sculptures inspired by the relics. It was these studies that pulled him away from formal representation in his art and aimed him towards figurative abstraction and Cubism. This is the first exhibition to explore the impact of Iberian art on Picasso, and it combines 200 archaeological pieces with 100 works from Picasso’s long career. —E.C.
The Arts Intel Report
A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler
For the World Traveler
A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler
Picasso Ibero
When
May 1 – Sept 12, 2021
Where
Muelle de Albareda, Paseo de Pereda, s / n, 39004 Santander, Cantabria, Spain
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Picasso Pablo, “Autoportrait,” 1906 © Sucesión Pablo Picasso. VEGAP, Madrid, 2020. Photo © RMN-Grand Palais (Musée national Picasso-Paris)/Mathieu Rabeau.
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Art
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