“Surrounded by These Masterpieces” –Picasso Tapestries at the Pocantico Center

A se­lec­tion of wall-span­ning ta­pes­tries based on de­signs by Pablo Pi­casso are now on view at the Pocan­tico Cen­ter through March 20, 2027. The se­lec­tion is be­ing ex­hib­ited there while Kykuit is closed for ren­o­va­tions. The ta­pes­tries, which were owned by Nel­son Rock­e­feller, were pre­vi­ously ex­hib­ited in a base­ment space and are shown to ad­van­tage in the airy gallery at the David Rock­e­feller Cre­ative Arts Cen­ter. Vis­i­tors should reg­is­ter in ad­vance to see the ex­hi­bi­tion free of charge.

Pos­si­bly the most well-known ta­pes­tries in the U.S., the group of seven Uni­corn Ta­pes­tries now at the Clois­ters mu­seum, filled the walls of the Rock­e­feller din­ing room in New York City dur­ing Nel­son’s teenage years. His fa­ther, John D. Rock­e­feller Jr., ac­quired them; his mother Abby Aldrich Rock­e­feller co-founded the Mu­seum of Mod­ern Art. In the words of Pocan­tico Cen­ter cu­ra­tor Ka­t­rina Lon­don, the Pi­casso ta­pes­tries “marry these two tra­di­tions.”

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