Fifty contemporary artists reinterpret works by Picasso in the exhibition Picasso. Untitled at La Casa Encendida in Madrid.

La Casa Encendida and the Almine and Bernard Ruiz-Picasso Foundation for Art (FABA) present Picasso. Untitled. The exhibition, curated by Eva Franch i Gilabert, brings together at La Casa Encendida, in Madrid, fifty works from Pablo Picasso's last period (1963-1973), 12 of which have never been shown to the public before and 23 of which are being shown for the first time in Spain. Each of them has been reinterpreted by a contemporary, national or international artist.

Thus, a total of fifty artists have offered their unique perspective to this exhibition, located in the contemporary culture centre of the Fundación Montemadrid, establishing a link between past and present, and constructing a broader approach to Picasso's legacy.

Unlike the first five decades, Picasso's late work is not constrained by immediate political or formal readings. Criticised academically, perhaps due to ideological rather than aesthetic issues, this period of the late Picasso, which although closest to us is probably the least studied, is open to multiple interpretations and represents an as yet unknown terrain for many. The exhibition invites us to explore beyond the familiar titles, opening up spaces for issues relevant to today's society, such as race, class, gender, identity, anthropocentrism and empowerment.

The fifty works presented, which include ceramic pieces, drawings and large-scale works, provide visitors with a radically contemporary perspective on the artist's work. Each now has a new title and description, proposed by the invited artists. Some generated through speculative processes and others through poetic or political interpretations, which construct a different narrative in keeping with today's society. The idea of inviting fifty artists to reconstruct Picasso's work arose from the fact that Picasso did not name his pieces, but that the people around him did it for him.

Some of the invited artists are Adrián Villar Rojas, Ahmet Öğüt, Antoni Muntadas, Asunción Molinos, Black Quantum Futurism, Cabello Carceller, Camille Henrot, Christine Sun Kim, Christopher Kulendran Thomas, Dis, El Conde de Torrefiel, Emilie Baltz, Erwin Wurm, Esther Ferrer, Frida Orupabo, Graciela Yturbide, Holly Herndon, Ian Cheng, Iván Argote, Janaina Tschäpe, Joe Harjo, Johanna Hedva, Jumana Manna, Klára Hosnedlová, Leonor Serrano-Rivas, Lydia Ourahmane, María Hassabi, Mercedes Azpilicueta, Niño de Elche, OMSK, Pauline Courier, Pedro Neves Marques, Pol Taburet, Romeo Mivekannin, Ryan Gander, Sara Ramo, Simon Denny, Sissel Tolaas, Tala Madani, Taryn Simon, The Otolith Group, Trevor Paglen, Tuan Andrew Nguyen, Tuur van Valen & Revital Cohen, Tyra Tingleff, among others.

From the opening week until December this year, the exhibition will be accompanied by a complementary programme of public activities, including concerts and seminars, with the aim of broadening the dialogue around the show. In parallel, a bilingual catalogue will be published, in Spanish and English, which will reproduce the fifty works on display together with the new titles given by the fifty contemporary artists.