The Museo d’arte della Svizzera italiana in Lugano pays homage to the great Spanish master with Picasso. A Different Gaze, organized in collaboration with the Musée National Picasso of Paris – which houses the most complete collection of the artist’s works in the world – and curated by Carmen Giménez, one of the world’s leading authorities on the artist.

 

Through an exceptional dialogue between 105 works on paper and 15 sculptures which document the period between 1905 and 1967, the exhibition covers a vast timespan and sheds light on the evolution of Picasso’s style, stressing the fundamental role he played in the art of the 20th Century. Alongside some of the artist’s best-known masterpieces, the exhibition displays works from his personal collection, thus offering visitors the opportunity to admire lesser-known – or never before exhibited – creations that reveal illuminating and intimate aspects of his oeuvre. It is said that when he died, Picasso was holding a pencil in his hand. His drawings and his works on paper truly echo his personal life and experiences. The visitor will come across many references to the women, places, and events that marked the artist’s existence. The show provides an opportunity not only get close to Picasso’s work, but through it, to come nearer to the personality of the great Spanish master.

The exhibition is organized by MASI, Lugano in collaboration with Musée National Picasso-Paris.

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