Picasso's 'Massacre in Korea'... First Domestic Exhibition in May

[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunseok Yoo] The modern art master Pablo Picasso's painting "Massacre in Korea," which depicts the Korean War, will be exhibited in Korea for the first time.

On the 29th, the exhibition planning company Biche Art Museum announced, "From May 1 to August 29, we will hold the 'Picasso 140th Birth Anniversary Special Exhibition' at the Hangaram Art Museum in the Seoul Arts Center," adding, "'Massacre in Korea' will be revealed to the public in Korea for the first time."

This large-scale retrospective exhibition titled 'Into the Myth' introduces over 110 works from the National Picasso Museum in Paris, France.

It features Picasso's representative works such as the oil paintings "Portrait of Marie-Th?r?se" and "Paul in Pierrot Costume," as well as prints and ceramics. The exhibition chronologically presents Picasso's works throughout his entire life, from his youth in the early 1900s to his twilight years in the 1960s.

Drawing attention as Picasso's only work on the Korean War, "Massacre in Korea" was completed in January 1951 during the Korean War and was exhibited at the "Salon des M" held in Paris in May of the same year. This work, which denounces the brutality of war through art, is considered one of Picasso's three major anti-war masterpieces alongside "Guernica" (1937) and "The Charnel House" (1944?1946).