Brushstrokes of genius by Spanish artists

The Grand Master’s Palace in Valletta is currently hosting a remarkable exhibition that confronts the work of two major Spanish artists of the 20th century: Pablo Picasso and Joan Miró. Entitled Picasso and Miró: The Flesh and The Spirit, the exhibition was brought to Malta by Fundación Mapfre in collaboration with Fondazzjoni Patrimonju Malti and the Office of the President of Malta, and is part of Picasso-Méditerranée, an initiative by the Musée National Picasso in Paris unfolding between spring 2017 and spring 2019. For this major international project, over 60 cultural institutions have collaborated on a programme exploring the work of Picasso on the Mediterranean. Picasso and Miró: The Flesh and The Spirit consists of 100 etchings from the complete Suite Vollard collection that belongs to Fundación Mapfre and 44 paintings of Miró belonging to the Espacio Miró exhibition venue in Madrid, Spain. “This project intends to display something more than a show of two of the most significant creators of the 20th century who really shook up traditional art,” said curator Pablo Jiménez Burillo, who also directs the Culture Department at Fundación Mapfre. “While Picasso unties the...