Picasso and Modern British Art at Tate Britain

Picasso and Modern British Art

London's Tate Britain has unveiled Picasso and Modern British Art, which is the first exhibition to explore Pablo Picasso's impact on British art.  The Exhibition is now open and runs until 15 July 2012.

The influence of Picasso on British art and artists has rarely been recognised – until now, thanks to Tate Britain's new exhibition, Picasso and Modern British Art.

Picasso and Modern British Art explores the Spanish artist's critical (and public) reputation in Britain, as well as his political status, forged through the tour of his Guernica painting in 1938-39 and his appearance at the 1950 Peace Congress in Sheffield.

The Tate Britain exhibition will also look at how Picasso's work affected British modernism and inspired British artists such as:

• Duncan Grant
• Wyndham Lewis
• Ben Nicholson
• Henry Moore
• Francis Bacon
• Graham Sutherland
• David Hockney

Picasso's Works at Tate Britain

There are more than 150 works on show at Picasso and Modern British Art, including over 60 by Picasso himself. Highlights to look out for at Picasso and Modern British Art include:

• Head of a Man with Moustache (1912)
• Picasso's Man with a Clarinet (1911-12) and Weeping Woman (1937)
• A selection of David Hockney's homages to Picasso
• Francis Bacon's Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion (1944)

Picasso in London

Picasso and Modern British Art

Picasso and Modern British Art also explores the time Picasso spent right here in London, when he worked on the scenery and costumes for Diaghilev's production of The Three-Cornered Hat. The exhibition also reveals the controversy sparked by Picasso's 1945-6 exhibition at London's V&A, and the hugely successful survey of his career at the Tate in 1960.

Open: until 15 July 2012.

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