Pablo Picasso… interwined destinies
Picasso’s ceramics
Exceptional exhibition, from May 13 to November 29, 2026
What is it?
Following the huge success of its first exhibition on Leonardo da Vinci in 2025, the Château de Kerouzéré is this year hosting an exhibition dedicated to one of the greatest artists of the 20th century: Pablo Picasso. This exhibition explores a lesser-known aspect of the artist’s work: his creative output in the fields of graphic art, ceramics, photography and book illustration.
From 13 May to 29 November 2026, come and discover this exceptional exhibition featuring original works by the artist. You will also find works by Joan Miró, Salvador Dalí and Dora Maar.
The exhibition programme includes:
🖼️Nearly 80 works by Pablo Picasso, displayed throughout the main rooms open to visitors at the Château
🧑🎨A unique exhibition showcasing a lesser-known side of Picasso: the ceramist, illustrator, engraver, lithographer, and more…
🏺Nearly 30 original ceramic pieces created at the Madoura studio in Vallauris: from plates to exceptional vases
🥇This exhibition will be shown in Brittany for the first time, following stops in Italy, Turkey, Belgium and Luxembourg
👨👩👧👦An activity suitable for schoolchildren, with two teaching packs (for primary and secondary schools)
🚀Works centred around six main themes: creative genius, Spain, women, ceramics, graphic arts and, finally, photography
🤩An unforgettable experience offered throughout the standard tour of Kerouzéré Castle, a new must-visit attraction in northern Finistère
When?
- From May 13 to Novembre 29 2026
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Pricing
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At Kerouzéré Castle in Sibiril (Northern Finistère), art history comes to life. With the exhibition ‘Picasso – Intertwined Destinies’, visitors are invited to step into the rich and vibrant world of one of the 20th century’s greatest artists: Pablo Picasso. Here, the exhibition sheds light on a little-known aspect of Pablo Picasso: his penchant for experimentation beyond painting. It explores his work in graphic arts, photography, ceramics and illustration, revealing an artist with a thirst for innovation and formal freedom.
Painter, printmaker, illustrator, photographer, ceramicist… Picasso never ceased to explore new artistic frontiers. True to his famous motto — learning by doing what he did not yet know how to do — he turned every technique into a field of experimentation. Engraving, lithography, linocut, ceramics or photography: so many forms of expression that he mastered with extraordinary freedom.
Picasso is not alone. The exhibition reveals the ‘intertwined destinies’, encounters, influences and artistic dialogues that shaped his work and that of his contemporaries. Other major figures of the avant-garde revolve around Picasso: Joan Miró, Salvador Dalí and the photographer Dora Maar. Amidst fascination, rivalry, friendship and mutual influences, their paths cross in the vibrant Paris of the avant-garde years. Together, they help to redefine the boundaries of modern art.
The exhibition features nearly 30 original ceramic works and also sheds light on a little-known aspect of Picasso’s life: his immersion in the world of ceramics in Vallauris, particularly at the Madoura studio, where he collaborated with craftsmen to create works of remarkable formal audacity — sculpted faces, owls, plates and jugs all becoming canvases for his creativity.
More than just an exhibition, ‘Picasso – Crossed Paths’ is an exploration of an artistic constellation where creative genius, friendships, passions and clashes intertwine. Through works of art, documents and exchanges between artists, it reveals how major artistic revolutions often arise from unexpected encounters.
At Kerouzéré Castle, visitors discover an unexpected side to Picasso: curious, daring, insatiable — an artist for whom every work was a new adventure.