Exhibitions

Michel Sima – Genius in the Studio and behind the Paris Art Scene

Erata Museum of Contemporary Art, St. Petersburg, Russia

(organised by Multimedia Art Museum Moscow | curated by Dr. Kuno Fischer & Alisa Labas)

31 May til 2 September 2018

Michel Sima – Genius in the Studio and behind the Paris Art Scene

Museum of Modern, Samara, Russia

(organised by Multimedia Art Museum Moscow | curated by Dr. Kuno Fischer & Alisa Labas)

13 July til 1 October 2017

Michel Sima – Genius in the Studio

Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow / Moscow House of Photography, Moscow, Russia

(curated by Dr. Kuno Fischer & Alisa Labas)

17 February til 7 May 2017

Ichundichundich. Portraits of Picasso

Museo Picasso Málaga

(curated by Dr. Kerstin Stremmel)
5 March til 10 June 2012

Ichundichundich. Portraits of Picasso

Museum Ludwig, Cologne

(curated by Dr. Kerstin Stremmel)
24 September 2011 til 15 January 2012

Pablo Picasso was not only an extraordinarily gifted artist but also a master of self-promotion. Almost all great 20th century portraitists photographed this exceptional artist.
The Museum Ludwig's show "Ichundichundich" will feature about 200 photographs by such artists as Cecil Beaton, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Doisneau, Man Ray, Irving Penn, or Lee Miller. It is the first time, that an extensive survey will address the balancing act between Picasso's desire to control his public image and the standards and visions of famous photographers. The show juxtaposes staged portraits with classical sessions and snapshots reaching from the 1910s and 1920s - when Picasso developed from the Montparnasse Bohemian into the star artist - to the late years. Such iconic classics as Irving Penn's photograph showing Picasso with hat, turned up coat collar and intense gaze will accompany less well known images, some of them very intimate. A comprehensive catalogue will accompany the exhibition.

-> Invitation to the exhibition (in German)