Paris's Picasso museum finally reopens after renovation

2014/10/25 11:49:22 @Entertainment News Headlines — Yahoo! News

A top-level sacking, harsh words from the artist & #039;s son, delays and a huge budget overrun -- Picasso museum reopens its doors in Paris on Saturday amid the fallout from a fraught $71-million renovation. Just over five years after it closed for what was intended to be a two-year refurbishment, the museum -- housed in a 17th-century baroque mansion in Paris & #039;s historic Marais quarter -- has been extensively modernised and is more than twice its previous size. Costs, however, stand at 22 million euros ($27 million) over budget due to an increase in the scope of the works, a rift has opened up between Picasso & #039;s son Claude and the French government and the museum & #039;s director of nearly a decade, Anne Baldassari, no longer has her job. The gallery, which first opened in 1985, boasts one of the world & #039;s most extensive collections of Picasso & #039;s work with around 5,000 paintings, drawings, sculptures, ceramics, photographs and documents.
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