In 2023, in addition to the 50th anniversary of his death, it is celebrated that he was born 140 years ago.
Exhibitions, colloquia, seminars and audiovisual products that address lesser known aspects of the work of Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) will serve to remember in 2023 the 50th anniversary of the death of the painter from Malaga, whose work also wants to approach new generations of public.
After the constitution this Monday, under the presidency of the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, of the plenary session of the National Commission for the Commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Picasso’s death, the Ministry of Culture has reported in a note that the meeting was held They have detailed some of the activities and exhibitions planned and the “international dimension of the event” has been underlined.
The Prado National Museum, the Reina Sofía National Art Center Museum, the Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum, the Picasso Museum in Malaga, the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao and the Picasso Museum in Barcelona will host temporary exhibitions whose content has not yet been advanced.
What’s more, the Governments of Spain and France will work together for the anniversary “In order to join forces and facilitate a large number of exhibitions, colloquia, seminars and audiovisual products that address lesser known aspects of his work and update the assessment and appreciation of it for current generations of public.”
The constitution of the Plenary of this National Commission has had the Reina Sofía Museum as its headquarters and, in addition to the President of the Executive, several ministers and cultural authorities have participated.
Among them, the Minister of Culture and Sports, Miquel Iceta; the Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and International Cooperation, José Manuel Albares; the Minister of the Presidency, Relations with the Courts and Democratic Memory, Félix Bolaños; the commissioner for the Picasso Year, José Guirao, and Bernard Ruiz-Picasso, the painter’s grandson.
In 2023, in addition to the 50th anniversary of his death, it is celebrated that he was born 140 years ago, in addition to the twentieth birthday of the Picasso Museum in Malaga and the sixtieth birthday of Barcelona.
Master of Cubism and constant search for new avant-garde artistic expressions, he is the artist with the most museums dedicated to his work in the world, such as the Picasso Museum in Paris, the Antibes Museum in the south of France or those in Spain. (I)
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