Pablo Picasso, one of the most influential and iconic artists of the 20th century, died on 8 April 1973. Picasso left an indelible mark on the history of painting and sculpture and extended his curiosity to other disciplines such as ceramics and poetry.

The Musée Picasso in Antibes (France) is opening its doors to the exhibition Picasso 1969-1972: End of the Beginning, curated by Jean-Louis Andral, as part of the official programme of the Picasso Celebration 1973-2023, an initiative promoted by the Musée national Picasso-Paris and the S

Les Demoiselles d'Avignon is one of Picasso's most iconic works and is considered one of the most influential and innovative paintings in the history of modern art. It was painted in 1907 and depicts five naked women in a brothel in the rue d'Avignon in Barcelona.

The influence on Picasso's work of his trip to Italy in 1917 and his fascination for the excavations of Pompeii are reflected in the exhibition Picasso and the Ancient World, on view from April 5 to August 27 at the National Archaeological Museum of Naples, as part of the Picasso Celebra

Filmoteca Española, the Instituto Universitario del Cine Español de la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando present the largest film exhibition on Picasso in the framework of the Picasso Celebration 1973-2023.

Puppet shows, music, documentaries and bullfights are some of the activities that museums and town councils in Spain have devised to commemorate, from today until 9 April, the death of Pablo Picasso, which falls on 8 April.

The exhibition explores the relationship between the Malaga-born artist and his time in A Coruña and includes a selection of 120 pieces. Each work is related to the narrative discourse of the exhibition and to the artist's formative period during his years in the city.

Picasso completed the piece in February 1930. The choice to paint a sacred subject was not an isolated case for the artist.

Maya à la poupèe is a portrait of Picasso's daughter Maya, painted in 1938. In the 1930s, Picasso produced a series of portraits of Maya that revealed the extent to which the birth of his daughter triggered an explosion of creativity in his art.

This portrait of Maria Picasso is one of the emblematic paintings in the Museu Picasso in Barcelona.