A section called Laboratory highlights Picasso’s countless sculptures – made from cardboard, metal, wood, cigar boxes and whatever else came to hand – together with related drawings and paintings.
Another focuses on his work during World War II and the Nazi occupation of Paris, including the sculpture Man with a Sheep, which became a symbol of resistance.
UNHINGED SIDE
One room has been entirely dedicated to Gilot, who died in June 2023 at the age of 101.
She lived with Picasso for a decade up to 1953 and had two children with him.
Gilot is seen as the one long-term partner who managed to stand up to his often tyrannical behaviour toward women, establishing herself as an artist in her own right.
Her works are on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and MoMA in New York.
It was Gilot’s 1965 book, Living with Picasso, that first introduced the public to the more unhinged and selfish sides of the great painter’s character.
But she recalled their relationship without rancour in an interview with AFP in 2016, continuing to praise his “remarkable intelligence” and sense of humour.
Source: CNA
