Program of talks and visits on the exhibition "Cubism and War. The Crystal in the Flame"
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Cubism and war through its artists
Given by renowned historians, we will take an in-depth look at this exhibition, which explores the survival of the European artistic avant-garde established in Paris during the First World War (1914-1918).
The first session proposes a conversation between the curator and one of the collaborators of the catalogue, and the other sessions focus on some of their main artists, all of them foreign residents in France, who for this same condition were unable to participate in the military campaign: Pablo Picasso, Juan Gris and María Blanchard.
Specialists in their work allow us to approach these particular figures and to their specific response to the distress, pain and danger that this major conflict signified.
10/11/16:
In conversation: “Cubism and war” and its protagonists
Christopher Green (Curator of the exhibition and Emeritus Professor of the History of Art, Courtauld Institute of Art ) and Neil Cox (Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art, University of Edinburgh)*
17/11/16:
Juan Gris
Juan Manuel Bonet (Director, Instituto Cervantes Paris)*
24/11/16:
María Blanchard
María José Salazar (Conservator, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía)**
01/12/16:
Pablo Picasso
Malén Gual (Conservator of the Collection, Museu Picasso)**
19/01/17:
“Cube, kub, kub-ism”: The Phoney [Pre-]War or Cubism and the Skwareheads
Jean-Paul Morel (former journalist and former editor, independent researcher)*
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*(in the Lecture Hall)
**(in the exhibition rooms)
7.00pm
Admission free of charge
Limited capacity
Meeting point: Plaça Sabartés 1
