Picasso Seattle

Picasso Seattle Show Inspired City Hotels To Get Creative

admin — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 23:00:05 +0000

The Picasso Seattle Art Museum exhibition is a traveling exhibit that featured 150 masterpieces from the legendary artist including paintings, sculptures, drawings, photographs and prints. While it may come as no surprise that it stoked the creative side of art enthusiasts in and around Washington State, few would have imagined it inspiring the package deals offered by city hotels that wanted to cash in on the business opportunity offered by anticipated tourist influx.

According to industry reports, as many as sixteen city hotels extended special Picasso Seattle holiday packages to their guests whose main aim of coming to the city was to view the exhibit that was on display from October 8, 2010 to January 17, 2011. A few features of the Picasso Seattle holiday packages include exclusive admission tickets to the Seattle Art Museum that allowed the pass holders to bypass the general admission line, discounted accommodation bookings, valet parking and late checkout facility. In addition to that, a few hotels also offered lucrative discounts on in-hotel dining.

You Should Definitely See The Picasso Seattle Exhibition

admin — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 13:25:59 +0000

The Picasso Seattle exhibition displays works by arguably the most celebrated and influential artist the world has ever seen. It presents his iconic works from almost every phase of his career, showing off the genius of his creative process. The exhibition, hosted by the Seattle Art Museum, carries works borrowed from the Picasso collection in Paris. The collection has closed itself for renovation, allowing a global tour of his works, quite possibly for the only time.

You will find every major period covered at the Picasso Seattle exhibition. All decades and era of his works are represented, including the Blue, Rose, Cubist and Classic periods. There are many highlights from the exhibition, including “Reading”, “Head of a Woman”, “Weeping Woman”, and more. They all combine to represent the inner workings of his psyche, revealing his thought process and the way he approached life and art.

Picasso’s career is prolific, which has seen many works of art produced during his lifetime. This is the largest survey of his work to ever be seen in USA.

Picasso Seattle Show Delights Connoisseurs And Economists Alike

admin — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:24:48 +0000

The recently mounted Picasso Seattle exhibition has proved to be much more than just a treat for the art enthusiasts living in and around the city. According to the findings of an economic impact study commissioned by Seattle Art Museum, the show generated nearly $66 million for the Washington State. The Picasso Seattle exhibition lasted from October 8, 2010 to January 17, 2011 during which it attracted 405,000 visitors, of which 20,000 were schoolchildren. A number of visitors came from outside the state to make the most of the opportunity to view the works of the great artist displayed on America soil.

The Picasso Seattle exhibition opened under the name of ‘Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musee National Picasso, Paris’ and included over 150 original works of art by the legendary artist. There were 75 paintings and a number of photographs, drawings, sculptures and prints on display that drew art connoisseurs and collectors from far and wide. The study findings have reinforced the view that art can in fact drive the economy.

Pablo Picasso Seattle – Bringing Legendary Art To America

admin — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:22:47 +0000

At long last the words “Picasso Seattle” can stand together in a phrase that will make sense to art lovers in this beautiful city. The Seattle Art Museum is home to a selection of the legendary artists most famous works. This is a sight not to be missed. Any person with a true appreciation for beauty will find at least one work of art in this collection that truly tugs at their heart strings.

More than one hundred and fifty works of art are a part of the magnificent Picasso Seattle exhibition. Paintings, prints, drawings, sculptures and photographs all combine for an art experience that showcases the true ingenuity and creative genius of one of the most well-known artists of the twentieth century.

This exhibition focuses not on one period in the artist’s career but instead serves to document both his life and career from beginning to end. After viewing these masterpieces there can be no doubt that between 1881 and 1973, no other mind was quite as influential in the creative arts as that of Pablo Picasso.