Picasso masterpieces probably will exhibit in China during the
Olympic Games as part of its global tour, according to the Picasso
Museum Wednesday.
Museum director Anne Baldassari said talks are under way with
China for the exhibition to be shown in Beijing during the Olympic
Games in August 2008.
About 350 masterpieces from the museum in Paris are going on
world tour early next year. The first destination is Madrid and
then Japan.
The Picasso Retrospective is also planned to travel to Abu Dhabi
and the United States next year, with stops planned in Brazil and
Russia in 2009, Baldassari said.
The Picasso Museum, which houses 500 paintings and sculptures by
Pablo Picasso along with countless drawings, photographs and
prints, will be closed from October 2008 to the end of 2010 to
allow for major renovation work.
But some of the works by the Spanish painter will be on display
at the Grand Palais museum during the closure.
(Agencies via Xinhua News Agency June 21, 2007)