The M+ Museum in Hong Kong is hosting a comprehensive Picasso exhibition featuring over 60 pieces from his prolific career, spanning from the late 1890s to the early 1970s. This display includes work from prominent Asian artists, fostering a dialogue between Picasso’s pieces and diverse art forms. Notably, the exhibition highlights how Picasso’s dove image subtly infiltrated Chinese culture during the Communist era, despite restrictions on displaying his personal works. Additionally, it showcases Picasso's political stance through selections like 'Massacre in Korea,' reflecting on the impact of war.
Picasso made his name in Communist China through his dove image, which illustrated posters promoting the World Peace Congress in Paris in 1949.
Picasso's dove continued to permeate Chinese magazines in the 1950s, illustrating the artist's subtle yet profound influence in a repressive cultural environment.
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