An unprecedented three-month exhibition...

The exhibition, intended to show to the Russian public the whole scope of Picasso"s work, is the first of its kind since 1956, when around 40 his paintings were brought to Moscow in a show seen by many as one of first windows in the Iron Curtain.

Picasso"s works were shunned by the Soviet leadership until the mid-1950s for their striking contradiction to the norms of Socialist realism.

"I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them," Picasso said in explaining his art, and although the Khrushchev Thaw provided the chance to bring his works to Moscow, the exhibit shocked many Soviet visitors.

The new exhibition is the biggest ever display of Picasso"s works in Russia, taking advantage of the Year of France in Russia to combine the Pushkin Museum"s collection with an extensive selection from the Picasso Museum in Paris, which is closed for renovations.

"Here it is possible to see the whole Picasso, from A to Z," Pushkin Museum director Irina Antonova

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