Who was Picasso in the eyes of his peers?

NGV’s winter blockbuster The Picasso Century offers more than a tale of the lone creative genius.

This might not be just another Picasso show. 

The exhibition opens with Marie Laurencin’s Apollinaire and his friends (second version) (1909), a fascinating introduction where one can begin to examine the character of Picasso among his peers. 

The Surrealism section presents some of the most interesting and ambitious works in the exhibition, although the show’s protagonist never openly admitted his afflictions with the movement. 

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Celina Lei is ArtsHub's former Content Manager. She has previously worked across global art hubs in Beijing, Hong Kong and New York in both the commercial art sector and art criticism. She took part in drafting NAVA’s revised Code of Practice - Art Fairs, and was the project manager of ArtsHub’s diverse writers initiative, Amplify Collective. Celina is based in Naarm/Melbourne. Instagram: @lleizy_