Picasso's turning points
20 February 2020 11am - 12pm12 March 2020 11am - 12pm2 April 2020 11am - 12pm
The Benjamin West Lecture Theatre, Burlington Gardens, Royal Academy of Arts
£10, £6
Picasso and Paper
Join us for a series of three events led by one of the leading experts in Picasso, renowned art historian Dr Marilyn McCully. In this series of three 50-minute talks, McCully explores the turning points and artworks that have shaped the life and work of Pablo Picasso.
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In these capsule talks, leading with three key works from his career, Dr Marilyn McCully will look at Picasso’s wide range of influential innovations in style and subject, and examine how the artist became one of the most important figures of the 20th century.
We discuss how his prolific output and range of styles and materials evolved, including his ingenious use of paper. Join us as we traverse Picasso’s wide-ranging artistic universe, which represents one of the most significant chapters in modern art.
Each talk will be followed by a 10-minute Q&A.
Dr Marilyn McCully is a Picasso specialist, and has organised many international exhibitions, including Picasso: Painter and Sculptor in Clay (Royal Academy, 1998-99) and, most recently, Picasso Tableaux Magiques (Musée Picasso, Paris, 2019).
Exhibition organised by the Royal Academy of Arts, London and the Cleveland Museum of Art in partnership with the Musée national Picasso-Paris.
The Programme
Discover how the aesthetics of Tribal art influenced Picasso to rethink his process and style.
Thursday 20 February, The Benjamin West Lecture Theatre, 11am - 12pm, £10, £6 concessions
Hear how Pablo Picasso dramatically changed the representation of the visible world through Cubism including innovative paper collage techniques known now as ‘papier collé’.
Thursday 12 March, The Benjamin West Lecture Theatre, 11am - 12pm, £10, £6 concessions
Discover how the war years in Europe affected Picasso’s art and find out what inspired him to create one of the most monumental paper collages ever made.
Thursday 2 April, The Benjamin West Lecture Theatre, 11am - 12pm, £10, £6 concessions