IN QATAR
Left: Picasso in his atelier surrounded by his sculptures, 1965. MPPH1171 Copyright RMN-Grand Palais (Musée national Picasso-Paris) / Michèle Bellot, ©André Gomès, ©Succession Picasso 2020 Right: Pablo Picasso, Still Life: Bust, Fruit Dish and Palette, Boisgeloup, 3 March 1932, Oil on canvas, 130.5 x 97.5 cm, Musée national Picasso - Paris, Dation Pablo Picasso, 1979. MP140. © Succession Picasso 2020. Photo © RMN-Grand Palais (Musée national PicassoParis) / Adrien Didierjean.
A Sense of Place Picasso’s art and life are celebrated through an innovative exhibition.
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or anyone seeking to understand more about Pablo Picasso, one of the most influential artists of all time, a visit to France’s Musée national Picasso-Paris would be a natural place to start. Fortunately for Qatar, in a year that prevented international travel, the museum joined forces with Qatar Museums (QM) to bring 108 extraordinary artworks by Picasso from its collection to Doha’s Fire Station: Artist in Residence at the Garage Gallery. Sheikha Reem Al Thani, Director of Exhibitions at QM, said: “It is especially appropriate that we are presenting Picasso’s Studios at the Fire Station: Artist in Residence, where outstanding contemporary Qatari artists produce and show their work in Doha today.” Running from July 1 through to November 1, this landmark exhibition, titled Picasso’s Studios, formed part of the 2020 Qatar-France Year of Culture, a QM initiative dedicated to building bridges between the people and institutions of these two nations. Curated by Virginie Perdrisot-Cassan, Curator of Paintings (1921-1973), Sculptures and Ceramics at the Musée national Picasso-Paris, the exhibition focussed on the eight studios where Picasso worked during his life in France. Featuring artworks spanning paintings,
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