The Government presents an ambitious program of activities to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death of Picasso

· The Prado Museum, the Reina Sofía Museum, the Thyssen Bornemisza, the Picasso Museum in Barcelona, ​​the Museum in Malaga, the Museum of Fine Art in A Coruña, the Guggenheim in Bilbao, the Miró Foundation, the San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts and Fundación Mapfre are the Spanish art galleries that will offer temporary exhibitions on Picasso.  
· At the meeting of the National Commission for the Commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Picasso's death, held today, the logo for the event was presented.  
· The governments of Spain and France will develop a joint program that will include more than forty exhibition projects, two academic congresses and events that will be held mainly in Europe and North America. 
· Telefónica participates in the celebration events in Spain as a collaborating company. 

Today, Thursday, July 28, the second session of the Executive Commission of the National Commission for the Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the death of Pablo Picasso took place. During the meeting, the first with the presence of Carlos Alberdi after the death of former Minister José Guirao, the logo of the anniversary was presented (attached to this press release), developed jointly with the Musée national Picasso-Paris, which constitutes a unique image with which to symbolize this global and collective event of dissemination and celebration of the work of Pablo Picasso. At the same time, it is a versatile image, available in different languages, thus allowing it to be adapted to the needs of the different participants. During the meeting, the members of the Commission continued to work on the development of the exhibition proposals and the program of activities. Starting next October, this extensive program of temporary exhibitions on the figure of the painter will start, which will take place in different museums in the country. These exhibitions will be held in the last quarter of 2022 and throughout 2023, the year in which the anniversary is commemorated, Picasso died in the French town of Mougins on April 8, 1973. This date marks the celebration of his work and of his artistic heritage both in Spain and France, and also internationally. Over the next few months, nearly 40 exhibitions are planned, 15 of them in Spain, which will take place in the main museums and centers in the country: The official program in Spain will take place in addition to the Museu Picasso Barcelona, ​​the Museo Picasso Málaga and the Museo Casa Natal Picasso, Malaga at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, the Museo Nacional del Prado, the Museo de Belas Artes da Coruña, the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, the Museu del Disseny de Barcelona , the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando in Madrid, the Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona; the MAPFRE Foundation, Madrid; La Casa Encendida, Madrid and the Cine Doré of the Spanish Film Library. Two academic congresses will also be organized, an essential meeting point for scientific exchanges between researchers and experts on the artist's work and an opportunity to prepare a historiographical study of Picasso's work. In addition, a dissemination and educational program will be developed in which the administrations of Malaga, A Coruña, Madrid and Barcelona collaborate closely, cities linked especially to the life of the artist. The Executive Commission of the National Commission for the Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of Pablo Picasso's death is a space for collaboration between ministerial departments, public and private entities, as well as individuals related to Picasso's work. 
 

Spain-France binational commission 

The governments of France and Spain agreed to work together on a program of international scope through this binational commission that brings together the cultural and diplomatic administrations of the two countries. In close collaboration with the Musée National Picasso-Paris, whose generosity has facilitated a wide dissemination of the artist's works, the binational commission coordinates the joint actions of the French and Spanish ministries of culture and foreign affairs. The official program of the Picasso Celebration 1973-2023 will reflect the validity of the artist's work, delving into unpublished aspects of his work.  

This binational commission vindicates the trajectory of an essentially European artist, who, from a deep knowledge of the heritage and the principles of the cultural tradition of Europe, projected symbols as universal as Guernica, today a collective emblem in the defense of human rights.