{"id":10416,"date":"2012-05-07T03:56:49","date_gmt":"2012-05-07T07:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/?p=10416"},"modified":"2012-11-30T18:05:29","modified_gmt":"2012-11-30T23:05:29","slug":"picasso-masterpieces-from-the-musee-national-picasso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/?p=10416","title":{"rendered":"Picasso: Masterpieces from the Mus\u00e9e National Picasso"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Tuesday, May 1, 2012<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Art Gallery of Ontario<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/picasso_ago026_opt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10165\" title=\"picasso_ago026_opt\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/picasso_ago026_opt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"395\" height=\"263\" \/><\/a><em style=\"text-align: center;\">L&#8217;Homme au mouton<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Officially opened on May 1st, 2012, AGO\u2019s highly anticipated <em>Picasso: Masterpieces from the Mus\u00e9e National Picasso, Paris <\/em>is an ambitious exhibition that features a careful and comprehensive selection of masterworks by the most inventive and influential artist of the 20th century, Pablo Picasso.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/picasso_ago001_opt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10150\" title=\"picasso_ago001_opt\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/picasso_ago001_opt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/><\/a>From left to right: Anne\u00a0 Baldassari,\u00a0 chairman and chief curator of collections of the Mus\u00e9e National Picasso, Paris, \u00a0Gilles Ouellette, president and CEO, Private Client Group, BMO Financial Group, and Matthew Teitelbaum, AGO director and CEO.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIt\u2019s an odyssey through the life and imagination of a single artist,\u201d says Matthew Teitelbaum, the AGO\u2019s Michael and Sonja Koerner Director, and CEO.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/picasso_ago025_opt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10155\" title=\"picasso_ago025_opt\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/picasso_ago025_opt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"397\" height=\"308\" \/><\/a><em style=\"text-align: center;\">Tete de taureau<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Chronologically arranged with over 150 works \u2013 including paintings, sculptures, prints and drawings \u2013 the exhibition is an exciting opportunity for the audience to retrace the creative process of this modern master from the beginning to the end of his long prolific career.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/picasso_ago023_opt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"picasso_ago023_opt\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/picasso_ago023_opt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"395\" height=\"263\" \/><\/a><span style=\"text-align: center;\">Far right:\u00a0<\/span><em style=\"text-align: center;\">Buste<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A dialogue about Picasso and his radical career began at the AGO with <em>Picasso and Man i<\/em>n 1964. \u201cNow, the conversation continues with <em>Picasso: Masterpieces from the Mus\u00e9e National Picasso, Paris,<\/em>\u00a0an exhibition presenting a magnificent collection of the artist\u2019s work, giving Toronto audiences a true understanding of the artist\u2019s inventive and transformative legacy,\u201d says Anne Anne Baldassari, chairman and chief curator of collections of the Mus\u00e9e National Picasso, Paris.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition is on view at the\u00a0AGO\u00a0from\u00a0May\u00a01st through\u00a0August 26th, 2012.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/picasso_ago017_opt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10153\" title=\"picasso_ago017_opt\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/picasso_ago017_opt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/picasso_ago009_opt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10152\" title=\"picasso_ago009_opt\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/picasso_ago009_opt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/picasso_ago031_opt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"picasso_ago031_opt\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/picasso_ago031_opt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"397\" height=\"265\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/picasso_ago038_opt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"picasso_ago038_opt\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/picasso_ago038_opt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"305\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a>From left to right:\u00a0<em>Femme a l&#8217;oreiller<\/em>;\u00a0<em>Les baigneurs<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/picasso_ago034_opt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"picasso_ago034_opt\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/picasso_ago034_opt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"318\" height=\"334\" \/><\/a><span style=\"text-align: center;\">In background: <\/span><em style=\"text-align: center;\">Le Baiser<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/picasso_ago037_opt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"picasso_ago037_opt\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/picasso_ago037_opt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"397\" height=\"265\" \/><\/a>Far right:\u00a0<em>Jacqueline<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/picasso_ago028_opt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10156\" title=\"picasso_ago028_opt\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/picasso_ago028_opt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"397\" height=\"265\" \/><\/a>Far left in foreground:\u00a0<em>Le Chevre<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/picasso_ago030_opt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10157\" title=\"picasso_ago030_opt\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/picasso_ago030_opt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"397\" height=\"265\" \/><\/a>Center left in background:\u00a0<em>L&#8217;Atelier; <\/em>far right in background: <em>Le Baiser\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/picasso_ago039_opt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10163\" title=\"picasso_ago039_opt\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/picasso_ago039_opt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"395\" height=\"263\" \/><\/a>From left to right in background:\u00a0<em>Jacqueline;\u00a0<\/em><em>Femme a l&#8217;oreiller<\/em>;\u00a0<em>Les baigneurs<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Text: Michelle Lun<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Photo:\u00a0Mauricio Contreras-Paredes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\ufeffTuesday, May 1, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Art Gallery of Ontario<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An ambitious exhibition featuring a careful and comprehensive selection of masterworks by Pablo Picasso.<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/?p=10416\">Read more 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