Picasso and Calder: Capturing the Void in Paris

The Musée Picasso in Paris presents 'Calder-Picasso', a major exhibition exploring how Pablo Picasso and Alexander Calder addressed the concept of emptiness and non-space. Curated by the artists' grandsons, Alexander S.C. Rower and Bernard Ruiz-Picasso, in collaboration with museum president Laurent Le Bon, the show opens with portraits of both artists by Man Ray from around 1930. It is divided into twelve sections, including 'Figure, 1928', which features a rejected maquette for the Apollinaire monument, and 'Gravity and Grace', where Picasso's 'Petite fille sautant à la corde' (1950) is juxtaposed with Calder's bronze maquettes for a suspended sculpture competition. The exhibition includes over 120 works, such as Calder's 'Vertical Foliage' (1941) and Picasso's 'Nu couché' (1932), and highlights the parallel between the artists' approaches to abstraction, as noted by critic Donatien Grau. The show runs until August 25, 2019.