Renovated Picasso Museum, Paris – in pictures
After a renovation marred by delays, infighting and controversy the Picasso Museum in Paris is due to open on the anniversary of the artist’s birth on 25 October. Photographer Felix Clay gets a preview for The Guardian
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Woman with clasped hands (1907) on a wall as other works wait to be hung
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The drawing Claude, Francoise and Paloma (1954) depicts Francoise Gilot, lover and artistic muse of Picasso from 1944 to 1953, with their children, Claude and Paloma
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Minotauromachy (1935) served as a visual source for Guernica, Picasso’s famous mural of 1937 about the Spanish civil war
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A self-portrait painted in 1901 at the start of Picasso’s Blue Period
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The Picasso Museum is home to a collection of more than 5000 works of art including paintings, sculptures and prints, as well as Picasso’s personal archives
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Head of a Bull (1942). Bulls are a recurring motif in Picasso’s work
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The Kiss (1926)
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Figure and profile (1928). Born in Malaga, Spain, Picasso spent most of his life in France, first visiting Paris in 1900
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The museum houses artefacts from Picasso’s studio including this chair, paint brushes and mixing bowls
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An early self portrait painted in 1906
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Nude in a Garden (1934)
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Former museum director, Anne Baldassari, was sacked by Aurélie Filippetti, France’s culture minister, in May 2014. She has curated the exhibition with the support of Picasso’s son, Claude
Photograph: Felix Clay for the Guardian