Paris is preparing to welcome a new cultural space dedicated to Pablo Picasso: a bronze sculpture garden located in the Musée Picasso-Paris in the French capital’s 3rd arrondissement will open to the public in 2030. The project, as written by the newspaper Le Parisien, was announced by the museum’s president Cécile Debray on the occasion of the institution’s 40th anniversary, and promises to transform a 2,300-square-meter area into an open-air museum, accessible free to all. In fact, it will be the first museum dedicated to the master of modern painting, conceived as an extension of the main building, which opened in 1985 and holds the world’s largest collection of Picasso’s works.
The garden will house a dozen known works by the Spaniard, including the famous sculpture of the Chèvre (Goat). The new space will thus unite the museum’s indoor garden (now little known and devoid of Picasso’s works), and the small adjacent space, offering an environment open to the public during the same hours as a city park, while under museum supervision. Cécile Debray pointed out that although some of Picasso’s sculptures are already present in the public space of cities such as New York or Chicago, Paris has so far offered no such opportunities for direct enjoyment. The garden will therefore be designed to allow the public to interact with the works, while children will be able to move freely among the vegetation, entering into Picasso’s creative spirit.
The project, called Picasso 2030, is thus supported by the City of Paris and the French Ministry of Culture and implemented in collaboration with the artist’s family, particularly Paloma Picasso, the artist’s daughter and head of administration of the Picasso Foundation. In parallel, the museum will see the construction of a new wing that will complement the historic building (a 17th-century hôtel particulier located in the center of the Marais district), expanding the exhibition spaces dedicated to temporary exhibitions to 800 square meters. The museum management’s goal has been to renew the approach to Picasso’s work in light of contemporary debates and emerging social issues, such as those raised by the #MeToo movement.
In addition to the garden and the new wing, the project includes the opening of a café-restaurant directly overlooking the greenery, a bookstore specializing in modern art, and innovative pedagogical and cultural mediation spaces. The total budget for theintervention is estimated at around 50 million euros, fully funded through patronage and contributions from the Picasso family. Work will begin in 2028, while the museum will remain open to the public for the duration of construction, ensuring the continuity of cultural offerings during the transformation phases.
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