A video at the start of the Belas Artes exhibition shows Picasso painting German Barreiros
This Saturday marks the fiftieth anniversary of the death of the artist
06 abr 2023 . Updated at 7:08 p.m.
This Saturday marks the fiftieth anniversary of the death of Pablo Picasso and to commemorate it the city has a special calendar with activities for everyone.
On Saturday and Sunday new dramatized sessions at the Picasso House Museum. The initiative, included in the so-called Vinte project, is promoted by the company Os Nufragos. The measure, which began on February 3 with a very good reception by the public, will consist of a stage show through theatrical actions and musical and visual elements in the different rooms of the space. The tour will be preceded by a participatory introduction on the ground floor of the building, in which some key events, places and points in Picasso’s life when he was a child will be recalled. The passes will take place tomorrow at 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. and on Sunday at 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. The activity is free, but it is necessary to send an email to [email protected] or contact through the Instagram account @vinte.coruna.
In parallel, the City Council organizes three exposures in homage to the figure of the painter from different perspectives. The first one is Opening our collection, which can be visited at the Picasso House Museum during its normal opening hours, from Tuesday to Saturday from 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., and from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. The exhibition includes the works created by other artists in 1980 at the initiative of the Communist Party to pay tribute to the painter. The second exhibition promoted by the local government is In the following pretest, Visitable at the Kiosco Alfonso from 12:00 to 14:00 and from 18:00 to 21:00, it is made up of the work of contemporary artists from Coru who contribute their vision of the city where Picasso began his artistic activity. Finally, Palexco welcomes Villalobo The wind started up again with a hundred works made between 1970 and 2022 by the Cuban artist Nelson Villalobo. Likewise, the Picasso sample, white I do not remember blue, Promoted by the Xunta, it remains open until June 24 at the Museum of Fine Arts.
In addition, the City Council has just put up new panels of the ruta Picasso with QR codes, which offer the public up-to-date and detailed information about the years that Picasso lived in the city. The tour goes through places like the IES Eusebio da Guarda or the building at number 20 Calle Real where the painter did his first exhibition.