Spring Break Staycation: Picasso Exhibit

We're on Spring Break this week. Since we already took our ski trip in March we're just hanging out at home. Enjoying some of the local attractions. On Wednesday, it was a trip to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts to see the Picasso exhibit with some friends.

The ballerinas weren't overly excited about the idea of looking at art for the day. So I loaded up my big orange handbag with three cameras. The big mamma jamma for me. A point and shoot for BB. And my camera phone for LB. That bag was h.e.a.v.y. But it was going to be worth the welts on my shoulder to capture these once-in-a-lifetime images of the ballerinas co-mingling with works of fine art. That is until I handed over the tickets. And came face to face with the sign.  

"No photography allowed in the exhibit." No freakin' way. 

Well...I noticed there were some other criminals like-minded culture vultures snapping shots with their iPhones. So I pulled mine out too. Two seconds later the uniformed lady was on me like a fly on sh$t. She rambled on and on. Something about French representatives. Nightly reviews of surveillance tapes. Fines against the museum for  photos taken.

I assured her I hadn't taken any photographs. Not like those others posing with Les Desmoiselles d'Avignon over there in the corner. I offered her my phone to inspect. Yet she declined. Big mistake. And so I proudly share with you a few works from Picasso's collection privée.

Pouples et fille

Octopus and Girl

wood block relief

Homme de tatouage

Tattoo Man

oil on canvas

Les dames qui déjeunent

Ladies who lunch

india ink on parchment 

Fille avec le cône de glace

Girl with ice cream cone

sculpture in bronze 

 La cuisine de Weezie

Weezie's Kitchen

charcoal and watercolor on paper

La longue promenade à la maison

The long walk home

oil on cardboard

No. I didn't lie. I didn't take any photos in the exhibit. But not because I didn't want to. Or try to.