The Museu Picasso, located in Barcelona, Spain, houses one of the most extensive collections of artworks by the 20th-century Spanish artist Pablo Picasso. With 4,251 works exhibited by the painter, the museum has one of the most complete permanent collections of works. The museum is housed in five adjoining medieval palaces in Barcelona's La Ribera and is located on Montcada Street in the of Barcelona. It opened to the public on 9 March 1963, becoming the first museum dedicated to Picasso's work and the only one created during the artist's life. It has since been declared a by the Government of Catalonia. Highlights of the collection include two of his first major works, The First Communion, and Science and Charity. In particular, the Museu Picasso reveals Picasso's relationship with the city of Barcelona, a relationship that was shaped in his youth and adolescence, and continued until his death.
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Collecting Cubism
In the ninth-annual Women and the Critical Eye program, Emily Braun and Rebecca Rabinow discuss aspects of the Leonard A. Lauder Cubist Collection.
Recorded July 23, 2014
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Focus on Modern Art: Pablo Picasso's Three Nudes, 1906
Metropolitan Museum conservator Rachel Mustalish makes discoveries beneath the surface of this 1906 drawing, including a link to Pablo Picasso's iconic portrait of Gertrude Stein.
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LaTosa - Pedraforca - Cadí-Moixeró Natural Park
The London 1000ft Hiking Club group completed a weekend hike with trekpyrenees.com in the Cadí-Moixeró Natural Park, 130km from Barcelona. We climbed La Tosa (2,537m) and Pedraforca (2,506m). Pedraforca was demanding - we had to scramble for one hour.
El Casino l’Aliança del Poblenou, referent cultural
El Casino l’Aliança del Poblenou és una entitat recreativa, cultural i social. Es va fundar el 1868 i des de 1944 té la seu a la Rambla del Poblenou en un edifici que s’ha convertit en tota una icona i referent cultural. Més informació: