A rare Pablo Picasso exhibition opens in Senegal
A pioneering modern artist who died in France in 1973, Picasso left behind a vast and influential body of work, including paintings, sculptures and ceramics.
Visitors should leave with"a sense of pride in what the continent's artists have given, and in the diversity of styles that have generated new forms and nourished modern art," he said. Cecile Debray, the president of the Picasso Museum in Paris, described Picasso as having a"very relaxed relationship to his sources," mixing Romanesque, Iberian and African influences.
Despite Picasso's interest in Africa, he seldom travelled and never set foot on the continent, according to Debray. The exhibition organisers are trying to drum up interest by reaching out to schools in Senegal, where about half of the population is younger than 20.
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