This major retrospective explores how Picasso, well established in his era and attached to his roots, nurtured his influences stemming from the popular arts and traditions. The exhibition itinerary mirrors the artist’s masterpieces, some still unseen by the public, with reference-objects from the rich collections of the Mucem. This project highlights the importance of certain reoccurring motifs in Picasso’s work, his fascination, in particular, with the worlds of the circus, bullfighting, and music. A large section of the exhibition shows how Picasso appropriated the know-how of artisans, especially in working with ceramics, metal and even wood, thereby inscribing them in the artistic language of the second half of the twentieth century.