{"id":9477,"date":"2012-04-20T12:13:46","date_gmt":"2012-04-20T16:13:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/?p=9477"},"modified":"2012-08-28T09:59:15","modified_gmt":"2012-08-28T13:59:15","slug":"picasso-masterpieces-from-the-musee-national-picasso-paris-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/?p=9477","title":{"rendered":"Picasso: Masterpieces from the Mus\u00e9e National Picasso, Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Picasso.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2257\" title=\"Picasso\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Picasso.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"255\" \/><\/a>Deux femmes courant sur la plage (La Course) (Two Women Running on the Beach [The Race]), 1922 ,Gouache on plywood, 32.5 x 41.1 cm. Pablo Picasso gift-in-lieu, 1979, MP78 Mus\u00e9e National Picasso, Paris(C) Succession Picasso, 2011 (C) RMN \/ Jean-Gilles Berizzi<\/p>\n<p><strong>May 1\u00a0\u2013 August 27, 2012<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO<\/strong><br \/>\n317 Dundas Street West<br \/>\nToronto, ON M5T 1G4<br \/>\nT: 416.979.6648<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ago.net\/\">www.ago.net<\/a><br \/>\nHours: Tue &amp; Thurs\u2013Sun 10\u20135:30, Wed 10\u20138:30<\/p>\n<p>Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) presents a major survey of masterworks by the most inventive and influential artist of the 20th century, <strong>Pablo Picasso. Picasso: Masterpieces from the Mus\u00e9e National Picasso, Paris<\/strong> features more than 150 highlights from the Mus\u00e9e\u2019s unparalleled collection, including paintings, sculptures, prints and drawings. The exhibition will be on view at the AGO for just 17 weeks, from\u00a0May 1\u00a0through August 27, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>The collection of the Mus\u00e9e National Picasso, Paris comprises more than 5,000 works that Picasso kept for himself and his family over the course of his career, ranging from informal sketchbooks to iconic masterpieces. Picasso: Masterpieces from the Mus\u00e9e National Picasso, Paris features is touring the world while the Mus\u00e9e undergoes a multi-year renovation, scheduled for completion in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresenting Picasso masterpieces to Canadian audiences is a major accolade for our country and the Province of Ontario,\u201d said President of the AGO Board of Trustees Tony Gagliano.\u00a0 \u201cThe AGO is most proud to host these artworks and honoured to provide the opportunity to experience one of the art world\u2019s greatest masters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Picasso: Masterpieces from the Mus\u00e9e National Picasso, Paris is curated by Anne Baldassari, chairman and chief curator of collections of the Mus\u00e9e National Picasso, Paris. Elizabeth Smith, the AGO\u2019s executive director of curatorial affairs, will oversee the exhibition\u2019s installation at the AGO. The exhibition is co-organized by the Mus\u00e9e National Picasso, Paris and the Art Gallery of Ontario.<\/p>\n<p>Please also check out our News of the show at <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/?p=2333\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/?p=2333<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>May 1 \u2013 August 27, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>features more than 150 highlights from the Mus\u00e9e\u2019s unparalleled collection, <\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/?p=9477\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2257,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-listings_archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9477"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13988,"href":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9477\/revisions\/13988"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}