Cubism was born with El Greco

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There are still more than six months to go to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Picasso’s death, and there are already many museums and institutions that have wanted to anticipate the event with exhibitions in which the person from Malaga is measured with everything and everyone: with the old masters, with Ingres, with Giacometti, with Julio González, with Coco Chanel… And that the official program of the National Commissions for the celebrations in Spain and France has not yet been made public. The Picassian feast threatens to overwhelm us.

The exhibition begins with a photograph of Picasso and his first wife, the Russian ballerina Olga Khokhlova, visiting El Greco's house in Toledo in August 1934- ABC
The exhibition begins with a photograph of Picasso and his first wife, the Russian ballerina Olga Khokhlova, visiting El Greco’s house in Toledo in August 1934- ABC

On Saturday, one of the highlights of this binge is open to the public at the Kunstmuseum in Basel, until September 25: Picasso, face to face with El Greco

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