Picasso & Abstraction: Major Retrospective Coming to Brussels

The Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium in Brussels will host 'Picasso & Abstraction' from October 14, 2022 to February 12, 2023. The exhibition examines Pablo Picasso's complex and ambiguous relationship with abstraction, a principle he revisited throughout his life. It positions Picasso as a precursor to abstract art and a master for many non-figurative painters, from the Russian avant-garde to the American Abstract Expressionists. The chronological and thematic journey begins with his early Cubist experiments of 1907, on the margins of 'Les Demoiselles d'Avignon', and extends to later works bordering on action painting. The show reveals Picasso's constant oscillation between abstraction and figuration over decades, characterized by small advances, retreats, and steps backward.