In a previous post, we already talked to you about the origin of Mrs. Canals, one of the most outstanding portraits of the collection of the Museu Picasso of Barcelona, which the artist from Malaga painted in the autumn of 1905 while he was living in Paris. But, without putting to one side the relation with Picasso, on this occasion we want to delve in a little more into the figure of a woman who also appears in works of other artists of the period, and who would often become the heart and soul of parties.
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Winning texts from the competition “Picasso in Words”
This past month of June we awarded the prizes to the winners of the competition of short stories "Picasso in Words" organised jointly with the Open University of Catalonia (OUC). Here we show you the ...
IV “Picasso in Words” Award
What story do you think lies behind some of Picasso's works? Barcelona's Picasso Museum and the UOC's lletrA project invite you to take part in the "Picasso in Words" micro-story writing competition. (more…)
Changes in the Collection of the Museu Picasso
It is a well known fact that museums do not permanently exhibit all the works of their collections. For reasons of conservation or due to the curatorial discourse, a large number of drawings and ...