The much-anticipated opening of the Coral Springs Museum of Art’s new downtown gallery is now set for next week with a major exhibition of 57 Pablo Picasso original works.
The gallery moved from Coral Springs Drive to the Cornerstone development at the corner of University Drive and Sample Road, and it opens the doors Friday, Oct. 9 with Picasso prints created between 1923 and 1972, which include etchings, lithographs, linocuts, and one rare, canceled copper printing plate etchings, lithographs, linocuts, and one rare, canceled copper printing plate, according to museum officials.
On Friday, the grand opening event runs from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Downtown Gallery, 3380 N. University Drive.
The ticketed event will include music in the gallery, a cash bar and admission includes one drink. Tickets cost $10, and museum members get in free. Tickets are sold in one-hour time slots here.
The opening exhibit, called “Picasso: A Graphic Journey” features comes from the collection of Timothy Collins of Los Angeles.
One series follows a single image, “Tête de Femme au Chapeau,” through proofs that show Picasso’s printmaking process, from early color studies to the final composition.
On Saturday Oct. 10, the gallery opens to the public again from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free that day. Merchandise is on sale both days.
City officials have said the museum’s move is intended to raise the museum’s profile and bring more visitors.
The project cost about $3.4 million. About $2 million coming from the city’s capital budget, $1 million from the Community Redevelopment Agency’s capital fund and about $500,000 from landlord and tenant allowances.
The agency will also pay $179,300 a year toward the lease, with that amount rising 3 percent each year through 2032.