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The Up Late series again offered contemporary live
entertainment, talks, films and entry to the exhibition.
Presented by Queensland Events Corporation, ‘Picasso & his
collection’ was organised by the musée national Picasso, Paris,
in association with the Queensland Art Gallery and Art Exhibitions
Australia. The Principal Sponsor was Mazda Australia and the
Principal Donor was Singapore Airlines.
The exhibition was indemnified by the Australian Government
through Art Indemnity Australia, in partnership with the Queensland
Government Exhibition Indemnity Scheme, administered by Arts
Queensland.
Views of 'Picasso & his collection'.
Opposite: Henri Matisse / Marguerite 1906–07 / Oil on canvas / 65 x 54 cm / Collection: musée
national Picasso, Paris.
Above left: A visitor enjoys the Contemporary Media Lounge at the Children’s Art Centre during
‘Picasso & his collection’.
Above right: Mr Philippe Saunier, formerly Curator, musée national Picasso, Paris, leads a tour,
June 2008.
Photographs: Ray Fulton
Curated by the Director of the musée national Picasso,
Paris, Anne Baldassari, the exhibition presented more
than 100 works from Picasso’s extraordinary personal
collection and around 80 important works by the artist
himself. The collection was presented for the first
time outside Europe and exclusively in Brisbane and
attracted 206 580 visitors.
‘Picasso & his collection’ included paintings, drawings
and prints by Matisse, Renoir, Cézanne, Rousseau,
Modigliani, Braque and others, as well as a selection
of Oceanic and African works. Critic John McDonald
described the exhibition as ‘a scholarly affair that invites
viewers to use their imaginations to unravel a loose
network of affinities. It is a long, animated conversation
between paintings, drawings and sculptures from
different epochs and different parts of the world’.
(Sydney Morning Herald, 14 June 2008)
The Australian Cinémathèque curated a program
exploring Picasso’s relationship to cinema and also
presented a program celebrating French poet and
screenwriter Jacques Prévert, whose collages featured
in the exhibition.
The Children’s Art Centre offered art-making activities
for children, a contemporary media lounge for young
people and an innovative lecture program, I Art
History, for secondary students.
'. . . a long, animated
conversation between
paintings, drawings
and sculptures . . .'