Yokumoku Museum (Minami Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo; Director: Yoko Fujinawa) regularly holds an original workshop series called "Picasso de Art," designed to nurture participants' capacity to feel and to create through encounters with Picasso's works and life. On July 25, 2026 (Saturday), the museum will hold the third installment in its "Symphony" series — "Catalonia — A Symphony of Love" — in which participants imagine the "sounds" emerging from works and exhibitions, then express those sounds on canvas.
The program begins with a guided tour of the current special exhibition "Ceramics by Picasso, Miró, and Barceló — Love for Catalonia," led by an education and outreach curator. Through works by Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, and Miquel Barceló, participants explore each artist's deep connection to Catalonia and the feelings they expressed toward that region.
During the viewing, participants are encouraged to pay attention to the "sounds" they sense in the artworks and the exhibition space as a whole — the layers of sound arising from form, color, and texture — and to perceive them as a single symphony. Visual stimuli are converted into "sound," and participants deepen their senses by connecting multiple senses together.
In the creative portion that follows, participants use their own hands to express on canvas the images of sound they felt. Through the process of reconstructing elements sensed from the works and space into a new expression, participants experience the joy of creation.
This workshop — using Picasso, Miró, and Barceló's works and their deep love for Catalonia as a starting point, and linking "feeling" with "making" — is a hands-on program unique to the museum. The "Picasso de Art" series will continue to offer opportunities to nurture visitors' sensibilities and creativity through creative activities tied to exhibitions.
Event Overview
- Event name: Picasso de Art "Catalonia — A Symphony of Love"
- Date: July 25, 2026 (Saturday)
Session 1 — Morning (Children's Class): 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM (120 minutes)
Session 2 — Afternoon (Pair Class): 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM (120 minutes)
Capacity:
- Session 1 (Morning): 10 participants
- Session 2 (Afternoon): 6 pairs (12 participants)
Participation fee (includes materials and museum admission):
- Session 1 (Morning) — Children's Class: ¥5,500 per child
- Session 2 (Afternoon) — Pair Class (registration for 2 people as a pair; price varies by combination):
- 1 junior high school student or older + 1 elementary school student or younger: ¥10,000 for 2 people
- 2 junior high school students or older: ¥11,000 for 2 people
*Cannot be combined with other discounts.
Instructor: Head Curator, Education and Outreach, Kanako Obata
What to bring: An apron or clothes that can get dirty.
How to Apply
Reservations can be made via the application form on the official website's Learning page, under the "Picasso de Art" listings.
Official website (Learning page): https://yokumokumuseum.com/category/picasso-de-art/
*Registration closes when capacity is reached.
*Please read the Learning Terms posted on the official website carefully before applying.
About the Related Exhibition
Ceramics by Picasso, Miró, and Barceló — Love for Catalonia
February 10, 2026 to December 20, 2026
Yokumoku Museum is hosting "Ceramics by Picasso, Miró, and Barceló — Love for Catalonia." Supervised by Spanish art scholar Kenji Matsuda, the exhibition centers on ceramic works by Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, and Miquel Barceló — three leading artists from Spain — and explores how deeply each was connected to Catalonia and what the region meant to them.
Exhibition page: https://yokumokumuseum.com/5009/
