Left, Gabrielle Chanel, evening dress, 1929-1930. Patrimoine de CHANEL, Paris. © CHANEL; Right, Pablo Picasso, ‘Woman by the Sea,’ 1922. The Minneapolis Institute of Art, bequest of Putnam Dana McMillan © Succession Pablo Picasso, VEGAP, Madrid, 2022.
MADRID – The Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza presents Picasso/Chanel now through January 15, 2023. The exhibition explores the relationship between these two creative geniuses of the 20th century. Structured into four principal sections, it follows a chronological order approximately spanning the decade between 1915 and 1925.