{"id":189230,"date":"2025-10-04T09:39:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T09:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/189230\/"},"modified":"2025-10-04T09:39:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T09:39:18","slug":"picasso-museum-in-paris-plans-59-m-expansion-with-new-sculpture-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/189230\/","title":{"rendered":"Picasso Museum in Paris Plans $59 M. Expansion with New Sculpture Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe Mus\u00e9e Picasso-Paris announced plans for a \u20ac50 million (around $59 million) \u201ctransformation\u201d including a new wing for temporary exhibitions and a reconfigured design to combine its garden with the nearby Square L\u00e9onor-Fini. The construction work is slated to take place from 2028 to 2030, during which time the museum plans to remain open to visitors eager to see the more than 5,000 works by Picasso in its collection.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe announcement comes 10 years after the Mus\u00e9e Picasso tripled its exhibition space. \u201cThe building is magnificent and extremely well-maintained,\u201d said museum president C\u00e9cile Debray, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/culture\/article\/2025\/09\/28\/le-musee-picasso-a-paris-va-s-agrandir_6643299_3246.html?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=exacttarget&amp;utm_campaign=Breakfast+-+09.29.2025&amp;utm_content=636598_9-29-2025&amp;utm_id=636598\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">report<\/a> in Le Monde. \u201cHowever, over time, I have noticed its limitations since all visitor traffic constantly intersects. The museum was designed in the 1980s as a jewel box, not a living space.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRelated Articles<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/13-Sophie-Calle-Voyez-Vous-Vinciane-Lebrun_1420.jpg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/13-Sophie-Calle-Voyez-Vous-Vinciane-Lebrun_1420.jpg\" alt=\"A view of a museum with red velvet walls and various objects owned by Sophie Calle.\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"\" width=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ a-font-body-m     \">\n\tA new wing for temporary exhibitions will double the amount of space allotted for such shows, with a total of 8,600 square feet when completed. In addition, work on the museum\u2019s garden will result in a 25,000-square-foot sculpture to be populated with around 10 sculptures by Picasso. The park will be free to passersby, with no museum ticket required. \u201cWe are taking inspiration from Scandinavian gardens, where it is possible to touch the sculptures,\u201d said Debray, who, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/parisplaybook.com\/the-musee-picasso-paris-unveils-expansion\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Paris Playbook<\/a>, also called the park \u201cthe first open-air museum\u201d dedicated to Picasso.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe Mus\u00e9e Picasso-Paris expansion will be funded through patronage planned to be raised by a foundation hosted by the Acad\u00e9mie des Beaux-Arts, according to Le Monde, which added that the Picasso family has also donated a \u201csignificant\u201d amount toward the goal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Mus\u00e9e Picasso-Paris announced plans for a \u20ac50 million (around $59 million) \u201ctransformation\u201d including a new wing for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":189231,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[76,354,355,49,48,356,75,94706],"class_list":{"0":"post-189230","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-ca","12":"tag-canada","13":"tag-design","14":"tag-entertainment","15":"tag-musu00e9e-picassou2013paris"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189230\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}