Picasso in AD

There seems to be an emphasis on Arts and Culture here in Abu Dhabi, highlighted by the development at Saadiyat Island of the cultural district, but more of that in bit. To increase the interest, for a period of about 3 and half months up to early September, there is a Picasso exhibition on at the Emirates Palace.

A fabulous exhibition with over 200 paintings, sketches and sculptures on display covering virtually all examples of his work. Apparently the total amount of pieces by the Spaniard is in the hundreds of thousands and seeing a small percentage in one place gives you an amazing insight into the numerous different phases he experienced, from the Blue and Rose periods to Cubism. You can literally walk from one exhibit to another and couldn't be blamed for thinking you were looking at the work of different artists. Even some of his self portraits were amazingly different!

The interesting thing as well is reading the explanations by each piece, you can understand what was going on in his personal life and how that influenced his work. More time and effort seems to have been put into works on his wives and lovers, than those done when he was alone.

A great exhibition offering a fabulous insight into his life.