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Monday, March 29, 2010

VH1 Counts Down with Picasso

The galleries got a pop-culture facelift this week when a VH1 video crew stopped by to broadcast its Top 20 Countdown with Jim Shearer from the Picasso and the Avant-Garde in Paris exhibition. Press Officer Lindsay Warner (that's her, pictured) tagged along to guide the cameras through the Museum and block any eager school groups from jumping in the shot (hey mom!). Here, she gives us a behind-the-scenes recap.
   


"The host, Jim Shearer, has a mind like a steel trap and had some interesting takes on a few objects in our collection (his interpretation of the regal 13th-century Saint-Genis-des-Fontaines cloisters? “Really old.”) -- and it was kinda fun to hear how much Rihanna spends on her fitness trainer and diet regime while standing in front of 16th-century Constantine tapestries.

But the crew really honed in on the last few galleries of Picasso, especially Orloff’s The Dancers, Dali’s wild Soft Construction with Boiled Beans (left) and Picasso’s Man with a Lamb (above), which served as a backdrop for the battle between the ladies – that would be Lady Gaga and Lady Antebellum."

Want to see who got the No.1 spot? You can catch the re-broadcast on Tuesday March 30, 9am on VH1.

Photo (top) courtesy of Lindsay Warner; all other photos courtesy of the Philadelphia Museum of Art