Picasso’s “The Actor” Returns to The Met Repaired and Glazed – After Four Months
NEW YORK, NY.- Opened on April 27, 2010, a special
exhibition of
300 works from The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s collection by Pablo
Picasso
includes 238 paintings, drawings, and prints framed with Optium® Acrylic
Glazing
from Tru Vue. Among these, Picasso’s large Rose-period oil painting The
Actor
(1904-–05) returns for viewing. The painting, now protected with Optium
Acrylic
Glazing, underwent conservation and restoration after being damaged in
the
galleries in January. Picasso exhibition on view through 1 August,
2010.