Helene Bailly Gallery - focus on Pablo Piccaso

The HELENE BAILLY Gallery is pleased to present a monographic exhibition dedicated to Pablo Picasso, widely regarded as the greatest artistic genius of the 20th century. Bringing together works on paper, paintings, sculptures, and ceramics, the exhibition highlights the way Picasso approached each medium as a distinct field of experimentation, while weaving a continuous and dynamic dialogue between them. His works on paper - fundamental to the genesis of his artistic explorations - reveal the evolution of forms in perpetual transformation. Sketches, studies, and fully realized pieces alike testify to a liberated gesture, where a new visual syntax is constantly being invented. On canvas, this syntax becomes expressive, synthetic, and at times iconoclastic painting, shaped by the major cycles of his oeuvre - from the Blue Period to Cubism, from Surrealism to his final metamorphoses. His sculptures demonstrate a direct relationship with matter - assembled, modeled, or repurposed - echoing the radical spirit of early 20th-century avant-gardes. Far from being merely decorative, Picasso’s ceramics stand as autonomous works of art. They reveal a singular dialogue between art and craft, form and function, Mediterranean heritage and modern reinvention.

Verre et Cerises, 1945, Daté et numéroté au dos : 4.6.45 ; IV, Huile sur toile d'origine, Cadre en bois sculpté et doré, XVIème siècle, Italie, 14 x 24 cm, 39,5 x 49,5 cm (avec cadre), Certificat d'authenticité délivré par Monsieur Claude Ruiz-Picasso, en date du 13 juin 1989. © Succession Picasso 2025