Conference "Romanesque Picasso"

Conference on the temporary exhibition Romanesque Picasso, currently at the Museu Nacional until 26 February 2017

Organizers: Museu Picasso and Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya

The conference is organized around the exhibition Picasso Romanesque, which can be seen at the National Museum until 26 February 2017, and explains the link between Picasso and the Catalan Romanesque art, trying to grasp the possible affinities.

9:30 to 10am. Welcome and introduction by Emmanuel Guigon, Director of the Museu Picasso in Barcelona

10 am to 10:45 pm About Picasso and bohemian, barbaric and medieval art by Juan José Lahuerta (curator of the exhibition)

10:45 to 11:30 What Picasso did see. Figures cluttered with eyes and eyes displaced, by Victoria Cirlot

11:30 am to 12 pm Break

12 to 12:45h Reality and remains of picassian Middle Age, by Eduard Vallès, curator of modern and contemporary art at the National Museum

12:45 to 13:30 The modernity of Romanesque Art, by Daniel Rico, Professor of Art History at the UAB

13.30 to 14.30 Round table and debate. Moderated by Juan José Lahuerta

17h Guided tour of the exhibition Romanesque Picasso, at the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya

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-Sessions: Museu Picasso, Plaça Sabartés, 1, 08003 Barcelona
-Guided tour of the exhibition Romanesque Picasso, at the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya. Palau Nacional, Parc de Montjuïc, s/n, 08038 Barcelona
-January 17, 2017, from 9:30 to 6 pm
-For more information: activitats@museunacional.cat
-Free admission, limited capacity