In September 2026, the Art Encounters Foundation will bring works by Pablo Picasso from the collection of the Musée Picasso in Antibes to Timișoara for the first time, in a landmark exhibition that is part of a series of exhibitions dedicated to milestones in art history. Paintings, prints, and ceramics come together in the exhibition “Picasso en visite,” an international project that inaugurates the new Art Encounters space and opens a new chapter in the Foundation’s work.
“This exhibition has a dual purpose: to introduce the public to one of the most influential figures in modern art, as controversial as he was important in 20th-century art, and the opening of an art center entirely dedicated to contemporary works, capable of hosting exhibitions that meet international museum standards, extensive educational programs, and new forms of dialogue with the public.” — Diana Marincu, Artistic Director of Art Encounters
Curated by Jean-Louis Andral, director of the Musée Picasso in Antibes, the exhibition brings together 69 works by the artist, focusing on his creative years in the south of France. Beyond the artist’s established image, the selection explores the freedom of his brushwork and the way Picasso moves across painting, drawing, printmaking, and ceramics in a continuous process of reinvention. Mythological motifs, hybrid figures, and transformed forms reveal an experimental and surprisingly contemporary artist. After his time at the Château Grimaldi in Antibes, Picasso donated the works he created there to the city, and in 1966 the building became the Musée Picasso, the world’s first museum dedicated to the artist; its collection remains one of the most important testaments to the freedom Picasso embraced throughout his life and career.
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Picasso en visite
This catalog, which complements the exhibition, is structured as a thematic labyrinth that invites readers to explore it and discover information, images, and texts about the life and work of one of the most important, controversial, and inspired artists of all time: Pablo Picasso.
The focus of the exhibition "Picasso en visite", brilliantly curated by Jean-Louis Andral, and, of course, that of this catalog, is on the works Picasso created during his travels to Antibes, as well as on the works he later donated to the museum. The most significant period covered here is that of the studio at the Château de Grimaldi, where the artist worked fervently in 1946, experimenting extensively and allowing himself to be swept up by the Mediterranean light, the spirit of the place, and the freedom inspired by the sea.