Lunchtime Talk: Picasso and Sheffield's World Peace Congress 1950

Wed Nov 26 2025 at 01:00 pm to 01:45 pm UTC+00:00

Weston Park Museum | Sheffield

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Lunchtime Talk: Picasso and Sheffield's World Peace Congress 1950
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Join artist and writer Anthony Padgett to hear about Pablo Picasso’s visit to Sheffield for the World Peace Congress in 1950.
About this Event

A new sculpture by Anthony Padgett, Boy with Dove, was unveiled in Weston Park this year, to mark the 75th anniversary of Pablo Picasso's visit to Sheffield for the 1950 World Peace Congress. 

Hear from Anthony how this commission came together with support from the International Brigade Memorial Trust, the Basque Children's Association UK '37 and the Sheffield Trades Council, to mark the occasion.  

Anthony will delve into the history of the visit, covering the Spanish Civil War, Picasso's famous painting Guernica, and his peace activism and work with the Communist party, while looking at this pivotal event in the history of pre- and post-war Sheffield. 

Image credit: A Picasso Old on Dove by A. D. Padgett 2019 

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Weston Park Museum, Western Bank, Sheffield, United Kingdom

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