Picasso year 2023-All important exhibitions on the 50th anniversary of the death of the Spanish artist legend

The previous articles in this series as an exceptional artist Picasso have introduced impressions from a wide variety of perspectives-bit by bit, they guess what it is that "of all places" Picasso became a legend.

Introduction to life and work Picasos → Pablo Picasso - Guarantee for Top Ranking's
Biography → Pablo Picasso: Born for the artist
Pull letter → Pablo Picasso: Master of Cubism
Picasso Women → Picasso's women: The artist, life and love

The conclusion of the article series is a kind of exclamation mark, a quick look at how present Picasso in the world of the Picasso year 2023 (the 50th anniversary of the death of the Spanish painter )-the proof that the legend Picasso lives.

Picasso is more present today than ever

Around 230 exhibitions have been handed down during Picasso's lifetime , which were of such outstanding importance that they found their way into historical records. These exhibitions became more important over time, until 1973 Picasso was twice at the Biennale in Venice (1950 Biennale 25, 1960 Biennale 30) and three times on the Documenta in Kassel (1955 Documenta 1, 1959 Documenta 2, 1964 Documenta 3), but only after his death does his work really start to develop its effect:

"The couple of exhibitions" during his lifetime are now over 2,300 important exhibitions Post Mortem, in all old and all the centers of contemporary art that has been created since then, all over the world.

The Biennals still like to decorate themselves with Picasso, in 1976 he was represented on the 37th, 1978 on the 38th and 1995 on the 46th Biennale in Venice, in 2005 Picasso China conquered that his work is present at the 2nd Biennale in Beijing. The Documentas also like him, in 1977 Picasso can be seen on Documenta 6 and 1987 on Documenta 8.

The current exhibition figures are available on the Internet, and the numbers change (now, here, today, today, in 2023, with a 50 -year artist); Not looking in a few days, and the number of Picasso exhibitions recorded has risen from 2536 to 2564-one can hardly show that the myth of Picasso lives on!

When and where do 2023 Picasso exhibitions take place?

devoted to numerous special exhibitions around the world in the Picasso year 2023-on the occasion of the 50th return of his day of death

Spain in particular will honor Picasso's work and legacy with multifaceted exhibitions in Málaga, Madrid, Barcelona, ​​A Coruña and Bilbao. The famous painter and sculptor and icon of the Iberian Peninsula has demonstrated incredible creativity throughout his life and left over 50,000 works of art for posterity, including paintings, graphics, collages, sculptures and ceramics.

He was also active as a stage designer and poet. His best -known work, "Guernica" , an anti -war picture, is still up to date today and is a term, just like "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon", which refers to the shady Calle de Avinyó in Barcelona.

His admiration for the world of actors and artists was reflected in his melancholic blue and pink periods . His countless portraits of his many muses, lovers and models revolutionized the art world.

To celebrate the anniversary, 16 exhibitions will take place in five cities in Spain, which are closely linked to Picasso's life. As part of the “Picasso Celebration 1973-2023” , more than 50 exhibitions are organized worldwide, with Málaga, Madrid, Barcelona, ​​A Coruña and Bilbao playing a central role.

Spain and France explained an eager interaction that will lead to a series of Picasso exhibitions in Madrid, Bilbao and Barcelona-especially the dialogue between Picasso and Joan Miró . In spring at the Musée de l'Homme with "Picasso and the prehistory" prepare the ground in autumn with "Gertrude Stein and Picasso. The invention of language" in the Musée du Luxembourg and "Picasso. 2023 drawings" in the Center Pompidou .

In Italy, Picasso: Guernica ) is devoted to you In Japan, European-Israeli collections show what treasures they rescue.

the United States is an important place to learn more about the work and life of Pablo Picasso. From spring the exhibition "Picasso Landscapes: Out of Bounds" by Charlotte, Cinconnati and Denver . Some of the most important presentations in America are "The Young Picasso in Paris" in the Guggenheim Museum , the "paintings for Hamilton Easter Field" in the Metropolitan Museum of Art and "Picasso in Fontainebleau" in the MoMA .

Picasso 2023 in Germany

The other Picasso: Back to the origins (26.2.–21.5.2023)

Ceramic works and works on paper

→ Halle | Art Museum Moritzburg Halle : The other Picasso

Pablos Picasso's inspiration was colorful all his life, with special attraction on the art of antiquity and the culture of his homeland Spain. On the 50th anniversary of his death in April 2023, an exhibition with around 100 works on paper and ceramics will be organized in order to show the lesser -known pages of his work as a worldwide famous master of modernity.

Encounter: Pablo Picasso meets Jean Lurçat (3.3.-29.5.2023)

→ Halle: Kunsthalle "Talstrasse"

On the occasion of Pablo Picasso's 50th day (1881–1973), the Kunsthalle “Talstrasse” shows the dialogue between Pablo Picasso and his contemporary Jean Lurçat (1892–1966).

Pablo Picasso - Max Beckmann. Human, myth, world (17.9.2023–7.1.2024)

→ Wuppertal | From the Heydt Museum : Pablo Picasso-Max Beckmann

Pablo Picasso and Max Beckmann are both central people in modern times, who made important contributions to the redefinition of the possibilities and the tasks of objects in the first half of the 20th century. There has never been an opportunity to compare your works and thus also your artistic views and attitudes on a broad basis and as part of an exhibition. The Wuppertal Heydt Museum and the Sprengel Museum Hannover have now worked together to enable this for the first time.

A Coruña - artistic development

Pablo Picasso lived in A Coruña for five years during his childhood after his father had accepted a job as an art teacher at the "Instituto da Guarda". From 1894, Picasso began to lead diaries under the names La Coruña and Azul y Blanco ("blue and white") and to illustrate them with portraits and caricatures.

This time was a key moment in the artist's training because he started studying art and lost his sister - an event that will shape his life forever. In order to honor Picasso's work in the city, the Museum of Beautiful Arts in A Coruña presents the exhibition "White Picasso in Blue Memory" , which consists of about a hundred works and explains the connection of the painter to Galicia.

The city administration of A Coruña is also planning to renovate the first floor of the Picasso Museum House in the Calle Payo Gómez 14, the artist's house during his time in A Coruña. In 2002 it was opened to make the artist's connection to the city better known.

Exhibitions in A Coruña:

• Picasso Blanco en el Recuerdo Azul. A Coruña 2023 (“Picasso Blanc Dans Le Souvenir Bleu”) (23.3.-25.6.2023) → La Coruña Museo de Belas Artes

Barcelona - Picasso's first exhibition

In 1895, when Pablo Picasso was 14 years old, his parents moved from A Coruña to Barcelona, ​​where his father received a position at the art academy "La Llotja". The 14-year-old passed the entrance exam in just one day, which made his artistic talent clear. His father then set up his own studio.

Barcelona was a key location for Picasso's artistic career; Not only did he get a solid academic training there, but there were also many artistic inspirations that led him on the way to modernity. He also made numerous friendships that remained connected to Barcelona for a lifetime.

After a short stay in Madrid, Picasso returned to Catalonia in 1898 and was able to exhibit his works in the café and artist center "Els Quatre Gats" . This bar, similar to the Parisian "Le Chat Noir" , was a center of the modern art world. After the death of his close friend Carles Casagemas in 1901, Picassos began melancholy -colored blue period , which he spent in the studio in the Riera de Sant Joan 17, whose ground floor was the "Els Quatre Gats", which was located in the Casa Martí - a building by the architect Josep Pu Pu Cadafalch in the Carrer Montsió im im im im im im im im in Center of Barcelona.

Exhibitions in Barcelona:

• Barthélémy Toguo (until 26.2.2023) → Barcelona Museu Picasso
• Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler (until 19.3.2023) → Barcelona Museu Picasso
• Picasso and the Spanish ceramics (1.7. - 30.9.2023) → Barcelona Museu del Disseny
• Miro - Picasso (19.10.2023–25.2024) → Barcelona Museu Picasso + Barcelona Fundacio Joan Miro

Madrid - time of emancipation

Picasso spent his years between 1898 and 1901 in Madrid, where he detached himself from the parents' house and at the same time visited the Royal Academy of San Fernando. His dissatisfaction with the teaching methods led him to leave school after a short stay and started his career as an independent artist.

He used the time to attend various artists, explore museums and strengthen his self -confidence by his signature from »Ruiz« to »P. Picasso «changed. Nowadays, Madrid is known for his lively cultural scene, which offers a unique variety due to the art triangle with its numerous museums such as the Prado, Reina Sofía and the Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum.

Exhibitions in Madrid:

• Picasso - main works of the Kahmad Collection (4.4. - 2.6.2023) → Madrid Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando
• Picasso - Gonzalez (up to 8.1.2023) → Madrid Fondation Mapfre
• Picasso El Greco (until 26.2.2023) → Madrid Museo Nacional del Prado
• The late Picasso 1963–1972 (18.5.–17.9.2023) → Madrid Casa Encendida
• Picasso Velázquez (autumn 2023) → Madrid Casa Velasquez
• Picasso. The holy and the profane (2nd 10.2023–14.1.2024) → Madrid Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemiza

Bilbao - Picasso in the Guggenheim

Although Pablo Picasso has no close connection to the city of Bilbao, the Guggenheim Museum of the City of Art will dedicate an exhibition on his genius: "matter and body" .

A selection of sculptures will present that cover a wide range of styles that the artist has used to expand the forms of the human body, as well as materials that range from wood to bronze, iron, cement, steel or plaster. Previously, this exhibition was also seen in Málaga.

Exhibitions in Bilbao:

• Picasso: body and matter (28.9.2023–14.1.2024) → Bilbao Museo Guggenheim

Picasso 2023 in France

Fernand tells: Picasso and his friends (until February 19, 2023)

→ Paris Musée de Montmartre

Fernande Olivier (1881-1966) started her career as a professional model for many artists as a advanced woman and became known worldwide as a partner of the young Picasso. It encouraged his artistic development from the blue period to cubism. As a writer, she describes life in Montmartre at the beginning of the 20th century, including Picasso and his Catalan friendship as well as the bohemian of the Bateau-Lavoir.

An exhibition is devoted to her life for the first time and illustrates some of the most important events of the avant -garde based on their writings. She illuminates her role as a woman, artist and model and gives interesting insights into difficult emancipation at the beginning of the 20th century.

Picasso / Poussin / Bacchanale (until 5.3.2023)

→ Lyon Musée des Beaux-Arts

This exhibition joins the exhibition Poussin et l'amour in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, which ends on March 5, 2023. The role of Poussin is examined in the development of Picasso's sensual and erotic eyesight . His bacchanalia from 1944 offer a starting point for an examination of Picasso's view of the work of Poussin.

From the 1930s to the 1960s, Picasso dealt intensively with the rituals and relationships of Dionysus. It is also offered to set Picasso's Bacchanalia, which he produced during the German occupation, in relation to the photographs and reports that Picasso made known at the time of the liberation.

Picasso and the prehistory (8.2. - 12.6.2023)

→ Paris Musée de l'Homme Museum National D'Histoire Naturallle

The Musée de l'Homme has been presenting the "Art and History" season since October 2022, including the Picasso exhibition and the history. This shows the influence that the prehistoric art has on the artist's work, which was moved in the discovery of cave paintings, rock engravings, megalithic systems and paleolithic venus figures at the beginning of the 20th century.

A total of 40 paintings, sculptures, drawings, ceramics and pebbles engraved by Picasso are exhibited and shown in dialogue with original exposure and reproductions from the past.

Célebration Piasto: La Collection Prend des Couleurs (7.3.-6.8.2023)

→ Paris Musée National Picasso

In 2023, the Musée National Picasso-Paris appointed British fashion designer Paul Smith as his curator of the collection. It reveals a new version of the permanent exhibition with a special combination of masterpieces by the museum and works of contemporary artists, followed by a predominantly chronological tour of the Picasos entire work, which presents some of its most emblematic moments and topics.

Picasso 1969–1972, the end of the beginning (8/84 - 25.6.2023)

→ Antibes Musée Picasso

Of the 23 volumes of Christian Zervos's Picasso catalog, 13 focus on the past 20 years, which shows how productively the artist's last two decades have been. Picasso's creativity was particularly intense after 1968, between 1969 and 1972. At the age of 90, painting for Picasso was primarily an act of desire.

The courage to live in his very last paintings in lively colors and mostly in large formats, Picasso's extraordinary creative power testifies in later life. They also tell of his often overlooked talent as a color expert. His skills as a color master were to be admired at an exhibition in Avignon in 1970 and 1973.

Picasso returned to familiar figures and topics in old age. With youthful energy, he produced pictures that make the impression that he was inviting painting, "which was stronger than he and with him what she wanted" on new adventures. The end of the beginning.

Goya in the eye of Picasso (30.6.–1.10.2023)

→ Castes Musée Goya

The show "Goya in the eyes of Picasso" examines the bonds between the works of the two Spanish artists and, above all, the influence that Goya had on Picasso's art. Picasso constantly dealt with the topics that Goya were particularly important, from bullfights to his political works, in which he denounced the injustices of the world.

A selection of drawings, printing, lithographs and photographs examines the connection between the two artists and shows the expertise and strength of their works.

Picasso in the Lambert Collection, 50 years later in Avignon (13.7.–15.10.2023)

→ Avignon Collection Lambert

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Picasso's death and the 1973 Papal Palace exhibition, the Lambert collection shows a dozen of his works from his last creative period. The works by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Miquel Barceló, Julian Schnabel, Nan Goldin and Andres Serrano are also shown and form a dialogue with Picasso's works.

Basquiat , Barceló and Schnabel have dealt with the last creative period of Picasso. They emphasize how his way of painting and his attitude to painting in the 1980s had a clear influence. Goldin and Serrano also work with the last flare -off of Picasso's work.

À toi de faire ma mignonne. Sophie Calle au Musée Picasso (1.8.2023–28.1.2024)

→ Paris Musée National Picasso

Since the 1970s, numerous exhibitions around the world have been devoted to the work of Sophie Calle. She was a concept artist, photographer and video artist, who sometimes saw herself as a detective and linked unique text and video together. Your works of art form a huge network of internal connections and references, together as the chapters of a book.

It successfully overlaps the difference between public and intimacy, fiction and reality, artificiality and life. Sophie Calle meticulously orchestrates an undergrade reality - hers or that of others - and at the same time offers space for coincidences.

Gertrude Stein and Picasso. The invention of the language (13.9.2023–21.2.2024)

→ Paris | Musée du Luxembourg : Gertrude Stein and Picasso

This exhibition in the Musée du Luxembourg enables an approximation to Gertrude Stein's life. She illustrates the friendship with Picasso and her connections to the Parisian art scene, especially in the years of the "demoiselles d'Avignon" and cubism, with a variety of Picasso works of art and archive material.

The presentation is rounded off by works by Warhol , Bruce Nauman , Roni Horn and Glenn Ligon, which emphasize the various effects of their dialogue. The exhibition is structured by Cécile Debray, President of the National Museum Picasso Paris, into four main areas: places, objects, portraits and words.

Modernity and classicism (16.9.-10.10.2023)

→ Monaco Palais Princier / Princely Palace of Monaco

When residues of frescoes were found in 2015, which can go back to late Renaissance, Prince Albert II began the preservation and restoration of the time -honored decorations of the Palais Princier.

In the new salons of the Grands apartments, studies and works by Picasso meet the historical decor of the Palais de Monaco at the exhibition “Modernity and Classicism”.

The Paris of the Modern 1905–1925 (17.10.2023–28.4.2024)

→ Paris Musée du Petit Palais

Paris attracted many artists from all over the world in the early years of the twentieth century and was considered a center for cultural charisma. In 1905 the scandal around the "Fauvists" began in the Salon d'Automne and ended in 1925 with the exposure of the Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes.

This time is tangible and visible based on fashion, film, photography, painting, sculptures, drawings, dance, design, architecture and industry that stand for this modernity. Pablo Picasso played a central role.

Picasso. 2023 drawings (18.10.2023–22.1.2024)

→ Paris Center Pompidou

The 2023 Picasso drawings is the most comprehensive flashback to its drawings and prints, which has ever been issued. The artist had a constantly growing preference for the power of the line, which ranged from snake -shaped lines to shades and compositions. In addition, visitors can admire the pastel tones and the intensive black of the ink.

The exhibition is based on the Picasso-Paris National Museum and was inspired by the artist's notebooks. It interrupts the systematic chronology and enables a comparison between masterpieces and for the first time.

You can find more about exhibitions and museums in France, which show the works of the Cubist, on Meinfranzreich.com.

Picasso 2023 in Italy

• Guernica: Creation of a masterpiece, the war, painted by Picasso and the neorealists (until 6.1.2023) → Cortona Palazzo Ferretti
• Picasso and Guernica. Genesis of a main factory (until February 19, 2023) → Nuoro Man istuzione Museo d'Arte della Provincia di Nuoro

Picasso 2023 in the USA

• Cubism and the tradition of the trompe l'œil (until 22.1.2023) → New York Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Picasso: Drawings and Prints (until 29.1.2023) → San Diego San Diego Museum of Art - SDMA
• Picasso Landscapes: Out of Bounds (25.2. - 21.5.2023) → Charlotte the Mint Museum
• The young Picasso in Paris (12.5.– 7.8.2023) → New York Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
• Picasso Landscapes: Out of Bounds (24.6. - 15.10.2023) → Cincinnati Cincinnati Art Museum
• The paintings for Hamilton Easter Field (12.9.2023–21.2024) → New York Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Picasso in Fontainebleau (1.10.2023–10.2024) → → New York | Moma: Picasso in Fontainebleau
• Picasso Landscapes: Out of Bounds (12.11.2023–3.3.2024) → Denver Denver Art Museum

Picasso 2023 in Japan

• Pablo Picasso: Drawing Inspiration from the Israel Museum Collection (until 9.1.2023) → Nagasaki Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum
• The blue period and beyond (until January 15, 2023) → Kanagawa Pola Museum of Art
• Picasso and his time: Masterpieces from the Museum Berggruen - Nationalgalerie Berlin (until 22.1.2023) → Tokyo National Museum of Western Art
• Picasso Keramik: The modern touch (until 24.9.2023) → Tokyo Yoku Moku Museum
• Pablo Picasso: Drawing Inspiration from the Israel Museum Collection → Shiga Sagawa Art Museum

Picasso in permanent exhibitions around the world

Permanent exhibitions in Germany

You are not immediately at the moment to break up to Bilbao, Paris or Barcelona, ​​don't you even get by in Halle in the near future?

Doesn't matter, at least one picasso is a permanent part of the public collection of 298 museums all over the world .

the Picasso near you in Germany in the following plastics:

• Museum Frieder Burda in Baden-Baden
• Museum Berggruen in Berlin
• Copper stitch cabinet in Berlin
• New National Gallery in Berlin
• Scharf-Gerstenberg Collection in Berlin
• Kunsthalle Bielefeld in Bielefeld
• Art Museum Bochum in Bochum
• Kunsthalle Bremen in Bremen
• Museum Ludwig in Cologne
• Lehmbruck Museum in Duisburg
• Hetjens Museum German Ceramic Museum in Düsseldorf
• K20 Grabbatz in Düsseldorf
• Museum Folkwang Essen
• Städel Museum in Frankfurt/Main
• Karl-Ernst-Osthaus-Museum in Hagen
• Hamburger Kunsthalle
• Sprengel Museum Hannover
• Kunstmuseum Heidenheim
• Ludwig Museum in the Deutschherrenhaus in Koblenz
• Museum Würth in Künzelsau
• Wilhelm Hack Museum in Ludwigshafen
• State Museum Mainz
• Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich
• Kunstmuseum Mülheim an der Ruhr
• Graphics Museum Pablo Picasso Münster
• Long foundation in Neuss
• Ludwig Galerie Schloß Oberhausen
• Kunsthalle Messmer in Riegel
• State gallery Stuttgart
• City gallery in the park in Viersen
• From the Heydt Museum in Wuppertal

"Picassos" on popular holiday destinations:

• Argentina : Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires and Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Museo Emilio Caraffa, Cordoba
• Australia : Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane and National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
• Belgium : Musée d'Ixelles and Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels
• Brazil : Museu Nacional de Belas Artes and Museu de Arte Moderna. Rio de Janeiro, Museu de Arte Contemporânea, Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand
• Canada : Nickle Galleries, Calgary, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Carleton University Art Gallery and National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
• China : Macau Museum of Art
• Denmark : Kunsten Museum of Modern Art, Aalborg, NY Carlsberg Glyptotek and Statens Museum for Art, Copenhagen
• Finland : Ateneum Art Museum Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki, Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere
• France : Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, Musée Picasso Château Grimaldi, Antibes, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux, Musee des Beaux-Arts de Calais, Musee de Grenoble, Musée D´Art Moderne de Paris, Musée National Picasso, Paris, Paris, La, La Guerre et la Paix, Vallauris
• Greece : National Art Gallery Alexandros Sutzos Museum, Athens
• Ireland : Irish Museum of Modern Art and National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin
• Israel : Israel Museum Jerusalem and Tel Aviv Museum of Art
• Italy : Galleria d'Arte Moderna di Milano, Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli, Turin, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice
• Japan : Hiroshima Museum of Art, Asahi Beer Oyamazaki Villa Museum of Art, Kyoto, National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo
• Liechtenstein : Liechtenstein Art Museum, Vaduz
• Mexico : Museo de Arte Cararrillo Gil, Museo Jose Luis Cuevas, Museo Soumaya, Museo Tamayo, Mexico City
• New Zealand : Auckland Art Gallery, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington
• Netherlands : Stedelijk Museum 'S-Hertogenbosch and Amsterdam, Gemeentemuseum den Haag
• Austria : Albertina ("Monet to Picasso". The Batliner Collection), Vienna; and MUMOK - Museum Modern Art Foundation Ludwig Vienna
• Poland : MS Muzeum Sztuki Lodz
• Portugal : Berardo Museum Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art, Lisbon
• Russia : Moscow Museum of Modern Art, The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
• Slovakia : Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava
• Slovenia : International Center of Graphic Arts, Ljubljana
• South Africa : Johannesburg Art Gallery
• Spain : Museo de Bellas Artes de a Coruña, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Alicante, Museu d´Art Contemporani and Museo Picasso, Barcelona, ​​Museo Picasso de Buitrago del Lozoya and Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Museo Picasso Málaga, Es Baluard Museu d'Art Modern, Palma de Mallorca
• Sweden : Moderna Museet and Waldemarsudde, Stockholm
• Switzerland : Art Museum Basel, Bern Kunstmuseum, Kunsthaus Zurich
• Czech Republic : National Gallery Prague
• Hungary : Ludwig Museum Museum of Contemporary Art Budapest
• USA : High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Harry Ransom Center, Austin, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Art Institute and Arts Club of Chicago, Dallas Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Minneapolis Institute of Art, New Orleans Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art and Museum of Modern Art, New York, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Phoenix Art Museum, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
• Great Britain : Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, Tate Liverpool, Tate Britain and Tate Modern, London

Not all of these are, by no means all, many places and other collections of mentioned cities are missing in the countries mentioned, where a Picasso can be admired publicly. In addition to the holiday destinations mentioned, there are 11 other countries that show Picasso's works of art in public collections.

What is striking is that around 40 among these countries have a form of government with clearly democratic features, i.e. over 90 percent. Of the total of a total of 190 states in the world (result of a wide range of political science democratic negotiations), only around 50 percent are classified as democracies.

Apart from every highly complicated theoretical-scientific consideration, with a view to these figures: art and democracy have something to do with each other, at least in no way affect each other negative.

Generally present: Picasso's art in our world

How present Picasso is in our world quickly becomes clear when you take a look at the prices that are paid for his art today. Because this is about hardly imaginable sums, many paintings of Picasso play the main roles in record lists of art:

The "boy with pipe" from 1905 brought $ 104.2 million at Sotheby’s and was therefore the most expensive picture in the world at the time, but still slightly slipped, but other Picasso works have moved up. Picasso has been represented several times on the list of currently (January 2015) most expensive paintings in the world:

The "Act with Green Leaves and Breasts" currently the sixth most in the world with a price of $ 106.5 million ( Christie’s The "boy with pipe" is currently in 7th place. "Dora Maar with cat" from 1941 is currently the number 8 in the world, and in 2006 she brought $ 95.2 million at Sotheby's.

Then the descendants of other painters were able to look forward to some places in the ranking, from No. 30 Picasso has everything under control again:

• The “woman with crossed arms” from 1902 was sold in 2000 for $ 55.0 million at Christie's, No. 32.
• No. 35 is auctioned off the "Portrait of Angel Fernández de Soto" from 1903, 2010 for $ 51.8 million at Christie's London.
• No. 36 is "Pierrettes wedding" from 1905, $ 51.6 million, 1989, Binoche et Godeau
• No. 37: "Sitting woman in the garden" from 1938, $ 49.5 million, 1999
• No. 39: "Yo, Picasso" from 1901, $ 47.9 million, 1989
• No. 41: "Femme Assise Pres d'Alen fenetre" from 1932, $ 44.8 million, 2013
• No. 51: "Nature Morte aux Tulipes" from 1932, $ 41.5 million, 2012
• No. 53: "Au Lapin Agile" from 1905, $ 40.7 million, 1989
• No. 54: "La Lecture" from 1932, $ 40.7 million, 2011
• No. 61: "Akrobat and Young Harlekin" from 1905, $ 38.4 million, 1988

Picasso with 13 paintings is on the list of 70 most expensive pictures in the world, with a total sales of almost $ 768 million - that's not a cardboard stick, for 13 pictures.

Both the years of sales, from 1988 to 2013, as well as the years of the pictures, from 1902 to 1941, show an unbroken popularity of Picasso's works, from his first pictures to those of the sixty year old. Only the absolute late work is not yet really discovered by the high finance, but even "these bargains" can not afford a normal person ...

Against this background, one could doubt the naivety of the electrician, who "found 271 works by Picasso in 2010" and astonished claimed not to have known anything of their value of around 60 million euros (you can read this nice story in the article from SPIEGEL ONLINE: Sensation find in France: 271 Unknown Picasso pictures

Picasso for "normal" people

The list just set up speaks of 13 Picassos, $ 768 million, 9 of which disappeared from their private owners and were never seen again. Of the remaining four Picassos, one was bought by a Japanese investment banker, according to the bankruptcy of which three years later disappeared into the safe of the bank who lending the purchase money and has not reappeared since then.

The next one was bought by a shipowner whose home country decreased almost zero tax for its shipping, but now has to support all tax -paying citizens of the EU.

The third disappeared into the inaccessible rooms of a Japanese department store chain, a single 13 Picassos was donated to the Metropolitan Museum of Art by its rich owner after three years of private art enjoyment and thus made accessible to all people again.

12: 1, a bad quota for normal citizens, if "the high art" continues to disappear in constant speed in private collections, our children will probably only be able to look at a few outstanding works of art ...

Before that happens, you should have seen a Picasso in the museum; Here are a few more tips on inexpensive Picasso enjoyment: There are few artists whose works in more posters, calendars, prints, postcards, etc. have been marketed, and you can still buy these items today (preferably with a small, comprehensible-paying trading company, whose owner hardly buys the last picasos from the image area).

Picasso can feel, read, see and play in many other species:

Biography by Patrick O'Brian

There are countless Picasso biographies, Patrick O'Brian presented an extraordinary: Pablo Picasso. A biography . Verlag: Hoffmann u Campe VLG GmbH July 1985, ISBN-13: 978-3455088908.

Patrick O'Brian primarily reflects reactions from the Environment Picassos; Relatives, friends, gallery owners, art dealers and journalists have their say and draw a much more comprehensive picture of the time and the artist, as Picasso, who put so much value on private, would have granted ourselves.

Biography by Sir John Richardson

Sir John Richardson , British art historian and art critic and probably the most important Picasso biographer was friends with Picasso since around 1948 . Richardson has presented a four-part Picasso biography, the last volume of which has not yet been published: A Life of Picasso, Vol. 1: The Early Years, 1881-1906 , Vol. 2: The Painter of Modern Life, 1907-1917 , Vol. III: The Triumphant Years 1917-1932 .

In the Paperback version: A Life of Picasso: The Cubist Rebel, 1907-1916 , The Prodigy, 1881-1906 , The Triumphant Years, 1917-1932 . These volumes were released in 1991, 1996 and 2007 and each created one to two decades of Picassos.

This biography has its own exciting story, Richardson is said to have paid more for the image rights than he took from the sale of the first three volumes. Nevertheless, the fourth volume should appear, a challenging task for the author born in 1924: Volume IV is said to describe Picasso's life from 1933 until his death in 1973, Richardson has to describe four decades and started this work at the age of 83.

The last volume should contain some surprises about Picasso that nobody had published so far. This band was supposed to appear in 2014. hundreds of unpublished photos and even videos from the “private Picasso” from Picasso's grandson Bernard Ruiz-Picasso to integrate them into this biography.

Unfortunately, Richardson died in New York City on March 12, 2019 before he was able to publish this hotly expected fourth volume.

Biography by Jaume Sabartés I Gual

Jaume Sabartés I Gual Picasso was just as close or closer

The Spanish sculptor, writer and poet was a lifelong friend and long private secretary Picassos. From Jaime Sabartés z. B. "Picasso. Talks and memories. With 17 portraits and drawings by Picasso." , published in 1956 in the Arche Verlag Zurich, and the biography "Picasso: Toreros" , published by André Sauret, Monte-Carlo, 1961.

Personal memories of his women

If you want to get a picture of the person Picasso, you could also make yourself knowledgeable about your women, e.g. B. at Fernande Olivier, 9 years with Picasso: Memories from 1905 to 1913 , Diogenes Verlag, 1957, or at Fernande Olivier : Picasso and his friends. Memories from 1905–1913 . Diogenes Verlag, new edition 1989, ISBN 978-3-257-21748-3, or at Françoise Gilot , Life with Picasso , Diogenes Verlag, 23rd edition 1987.

Films about Picasso's life

A few Picasso films away from the usual documentation that Picasso live under this and that and still a completely different aspect:

"Le Mystère Picasso" (1956), directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot ("wages of fear"). This film about the "Wunder Picasso" illuminates the way of working in the artist, which is dazzling in many facets. watch Picasso live in this documentary , often when making works of art that can only be viewed in this film.

"F like fake" (Vérités et Mensonges, 1976) treats Picasso from an unusual perspective: from that of the art counter Elmyr de Hory, who fake countless masterpieces (also from Picasso) in the middle of the last century and sold to well -known museums without the idea of ​​having to be based on a fake.

The direction of this oblique masterpiece leads to the wonderful Orson Welles , the script wrote Orson Welles together with Oja Kodar (who is said to have had an affair with Picasso), the actors are Orson Welles (as he himself), Oja Kodar (girl), Joseph Cotten, François Reichenbach, Richard Wilson, Paul Stewart, Sasa Devcic, Gary Graver, Andrés Vicente Gomez, Julio Palinkas, Christian Odasso, Françoise Widhoff, Peter Bogdanovich, William Alland, Elmyr de Hory, Laurence Harvey and Clifford Irving. Started in Germany on January 30, 1976, the DVD has been around since April 7, 2006, Cocoduction France, Germany, Iran.

"Picassos äventyr" (the adventures of Mr. Picasso, 1978), directed by days Danielsson , is a Swedish comedy that ironically summarizes the life of the painter. A stubborn and humorous, with (mostly internationally understandable) terms from ten languages ​​really polyglotter film that deserves attention.

There were not all books and films that deal with Picasso - research does not take long to find a look at Picasso and his relationship with any topic of this world.

You can enter everything in the search engine from "Picasso+Akt" (or abyss, alchemy, age wisdom, Avignon ...) to "Picasso+Number" (or drawing, cemetry, jims, sucker bread ...), you will always find a publication on the subject.

The "On-Line Picasso Project"

If you have read all of this, you can find out about the artist "On-Line Picasso Project" This was launched in 1997 as the College of Humanities and Social Sciences from Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, TX, US supported academic publication, General Editor is Prof. Dr. Enrique paint ( picasso.shsu.edu ).

There you will find 25,156 cataloged works of art, 12,734 painting reviews, 6,394 Comments on Picassos Art, a list of 1,158 Picasso collections, 12,241 biographical entries, 1,055 biographical comments, 4,669 Selected references and 13,979 Archived articles from or about Picasso ...

Imaginative to playful occupation with Picasso:

• A nice husband would like to give his wife a Picasso on picasso exchanges; Because he cannot afford it himself, he wants to catch it and has some ideas to offer.
• On astro-sesam.ch/picasso.asp you can read Picasso's horoscope and also the horoscopes of its women.
• Artcyclopedia leads you to a lot of museums that have put Picasso paintings online for online viewing.
• artsology.com page has almost 100 small artistic online games, including 11 games with Picasso, simple click games, but also more exciting things, where you should already know your Picasso.
• There are plenty of apps around Picasso in the Google Play Store.
• Here is the address of Picasso's Facebook page: www.facebook.com/kadart0121 , he has at least 187.124 friends.
• In the following video, Jay-Z expresses his longing for his own "Picasso" "Picasso Baby" song

If you haven't read enough about " Pablo Diego José Santiago Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno Crispiniano de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santisima Trinidad Ruiz Blasco Y Picasso Lopez , there is more:

The "Art-O-Gram: Picasso-a long life for art" gives an overview of his life, the "Art-O-Gram: Picasso-born the artist" about the development of this outstanding talent. In the "Art-O-Gram: Picasso-an artist and three wars" , "Art-O-Gram: Picasso-Famous Art and her secret" , "Art-O-Gram: Picasso-The Artist, Life and Love" and "Art-O-Gramm:" Picasso-A Guard for Top Ranking " are illuminated.