This ambitious concept for an exhibition seems perfectly at home in Tate Britain; and I don't often write about this venerable, this most British, of institutions. Picasso and Modern British Art puts up seven of the UK's greatest and most important artists against just one Spaniard: The irrepressible, the only, Pablo Picasso.
Widely considered to be the greatest artist of the twentieth century - and ranked among the greatest artists that ever lived - Picasso had a major influence on artists across the world, and this exhibition looks at the legacy of the man's work within the Britain's art historical narrative. Picasso, who lived between 1881 and 1973, was able to define the work of the period that is known as Modernism. Here, he is placed within a context that also incorporates Duncan Grant, Wyndham Lewis, Ben Nicholson, Henry Moore, Francis Bacon, Graham Sutherland and David Hockney. Of course this is a wide spread of artists, but that only goes to reinforce the Picasso's quality. Comprising over 150 spectacular artworks, this is not a show that you'll see anywhere other than a major national museum, and this is one of those rare conceptual exhibitions that you'll potentially only ever see just once in London.
Picasso and Modern British Art is at Tate Britain until 15 July.
