Gstaad’s Summer Shows Get a Picasso Twist

For the quietly wealthy seeking art, alpine beauty, and fresh mountain air this summer, there is no place like Gstaad.

This season two shows have a Picasso-inspired thread, courtesy of two artists: Claire Tabouret and Simon Hantaï.

Almine Rech has opened a solo exhibition of work by Tabouret, who has drawn inspiration from a 1947 work by Picasso, Centaure et Bacchante.

Tabouret was fascinated by the way Picasso created multiples and then made each print unique with watercolor. "When you have this kind of multiple printing process, you can really play with that," she explained.

Titled Les Créatures, the show is on view through September 3.

Meanwhile, Gagosian has brought Hantaï's late work to the resort in an exhibition curated by former Musée Picasso-Paris director Anne Baldassari.

Simon Hantaï: The Last Studio features 16 abstract paintings created between 1982 and 1985 and made using his signature pliage (folding) technique, which he never exhibited. The show, which is on view through September 27, also includes images of Hantaï at work, taken by his friend the photographer Édouard Boubat.