Mėta Valiušaitytė

Mėta Valiušaitytė (born in 1985 in Lithuania, lives and works between Paris and Berlin) is a curator and researcher. She holds a PhD in art history and has been a scientific advisor to Peter Weibel at ZKM Karlsruhe, a researcher at the Musée national Picasso-Paris, and a fellow at the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florence and the German Center for Art History in Paris, among others. Her work focuses on the question of the “non-finito,” “scale,” and “size,” with a particular interest in the medium of drawing. Her new project explores modern ruins. One of her most recent exhibitions is “Picasso on Wood,” currently on display at the Museo Picasso Málaga.

“Picasso and Modern Ruins”
Based on three key moments — Picasso’s visit to Poland (1948), Florence (1949), and his retrospectives in Rome and Milan in 1953 — this postdoctoral project explores how art and art history confront collective tragedy and paradigm shifts in worldviews. The aim is to provide new insights into Picasso’s roles as an artist, witness, and symbol in the immediate post-war period, while also proposing innovative methodologies for addressing the complex issues related to art creation and interpretation during wartime and its aftermath.