"Olga Picasso" is a survey of works from the years 1917 to 1935, when Picasso was married to Russian ballerina Olga Khokhlova. More than 350 paintings, drawings, writings, and photographs chronicle Picasso's production during these interwar years. The exhibition shows how Picasso's feelings towards his spouse and muse shifted over the years, but also showcases the other themes preoccupying the artist at the time. Spanning 14 rooms over two floors, subjects range from the personal belongings of Kholkhova and Picasso's studio, domestic and family scenes, to bullfights, crucifixions, the circus, and more.

"From 1917 to 1935, Pablo Picasso shared his life with Olga Khokhlova, a dancer with the Ballets Russes whom he married in 1918. Until her death in 1955, Olga would carry the memory of their life together in a large steamer truck containing memorabilia from her career as a ballerina, along with many letters sent by her family that remained in Russia, and dozens of photographs from these years: Olga with Picasso, Olga with their son Paul, society events, trips to Barcelona, Naples, and Monte Carlo. These documents, some of which have never been published before, cast a new light on Olga's extraordinary destiny, the artistic output of the painter during this period, and the influence of his first wife over his work, long beyond their separation. Paintings, drawings, and etchings-from the classical portrayal of a pensive, melancholy woman, absorbed in reading sad news from her family, to the violent portrayals of the late 1920s-illustratre the dark metamorphosis to which the artist subjected his model and his own work, paralleling the changes in their married life over time." -- Back cover.