Picasso and Francoise Gilot: Paris-Vallauris, 1943-1953 June 15, 2012

This is the the fourth major exhibition in an ongoing series on the life and work of Pablo Picasso. The exhibition includes many important loans from museums, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York and the Israel Museum, as well as from private lenders. This exhibition is a departure from its precedents in that it has been conceived as a visual and conceptual dialogue between the art of Picasso and the art of Francoise Gilot, his young muse and lover during the period 1943-53. The result of an active collaboration between Gilot and Picasso's biographer John Richardson, assisted by Gagosian director Valentina Castellani, 'Picasso and Francoise Gilot' celebrates the full breadth and energy of Picasso's innovations during these post-war years, as well as presenting Gilot's paintings alongside his innovative depictions of her and their family life.