We recently undertook the restoration of three landscapes from the collection painted by the young Picasso in the summer of 1896. As we will explain further on, we consider that the series should be conceived ...
Looking without being seen: restoration of a wooden lattice of the façade of the Museu Picasso of Barcelona
The street of Montcada gathers together a singular representation of architecture of late medieval Barcelona. The so-called “large houses” that make it up are today a conjunction and superimposition of styles, that despite the transformations, ...
The Blue Period of Picasso: more than meets the eye
On Friday January 30th we held the seminar “The Blue Period: New Interpretations by Means of Technical Studies” at the Museu Picasso. The seminar provided us with plenty of new information that posed many challenges ...
The programming of the Museu Picasso for 2015
What will we be doing in 2015? This last Tuesday we presented the museum’s programming of what the museum will be doing this year. Exhibitions, seminars, activities, presentations, restorations and family workshops, amongt others, will ...
Restoration of the The frugal repast and the Ovidi’s Metamorphoses
Multiplying the images by means of a copper matrix is the essence of the print. This allows the artist to produce multiple prints that can be acquired and spread around the world. Pablo Picasso. The frugal ...
Travelling through the blue: La Vie and Barcelona Rooftops by Picasso under study
From October 11th onwards you can see in the galleries of the museum the exhibition “Journey through the blue: La Vie” organised by the Museu Picasso of Barcelona in collaboration with the Cleveland Museum of ...
The conservation and restoration of pastel
On February 28th the Museu Picasso organised a seminar entitled The pastel technique: specificities of its conservation and restoration. Restoration detail of the Portrait of the Artist’s Mother (more…)
The recuperation of the neoclassical splendour of the Palau del Baró de Castellet of the Museu Picasso
Thanks to a comprehensive conservation and restoration intervention, carried out over the past few months by the team of restorers of Blanca Lopez de Arriba, Beatriz Montoliu and Jesús Zornoza, the visitors to the museum ...