Inside the Hakone Open-Air Museum is a Picasso Museum. I once read somewhere that Japanese museums like to collect works of famous artists even if the pieces aren’t the artist’s best work or famous in their own right. That was the impression I received at this Picasso Museum. While everything was done by Picasso, much of it seemed like “junk.”

We saw some really nice Picasso works in Denmark and Paris last summer. Each one seemed better than the best in this dedicated Picasso Museum.

Posted on July 31st, 2009 under Japan • Tags: hakone. • RSS 2.0 feed • Both comments and pings are currently closed