A political dispute has broken out over a possible loan of Picasso‘s Guernica, an icon of modern art that has not left Madrid in more than 40 years. Madrid’s regional leader, Díaz Ayuso, meanwhile, ...
When it comes to art against tyranny, no work is more seared into our consciousness than Guernica, Pablo Picasso’s dark, howling mural against fascist terror ...
The artwork depicts the bombing of a Basque village in 1937. Now, the relocation debate is raising questions about how to ...
On April 27, 1937, the London Times reported the following: “Guernica, the most ancient town of the Basques and the center of their cultural tradition, was completely destroyed yesterday afternoon by ...
A visitor stands in front of Pablo Picasso's "Guernica" (1937) and studies the work, which is held at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid, Spain. (photo by Denis Doyle/Getty Images ...
Forty years after the 1937 masterpiece returned to Madrid from its Franco-era exile in New York, it is again embroiled in politics Every September, Spain celebrates one of the most symbolic moments of ...
Madrid and Basque government leaders call each other ‘provincial’ in dispute over the artwork A row has broken out between the Madrid and Basque regional governments in Spain over the latter’s request ...
The Reina Sofía museum in Madrid has lifted its ban on photographing “Guernica,” saying it hopes to enhance the experience for those viewing the antiwar painting. By Francheska Melendez and Kathleen ...
An anguished woman grasping a dead child gazes above, her eyes shaped like tears. A soldier clutches a broken sword and a flower, evoking helplessness, human frailty, and a desire to end suffering and ...
Perhaps no twentieth-century painting has captured the cruel effects of war as powerfully as Picasso's Guernica. For the first time we can understand the entire history of Guernica both as an artistic ...
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Picasso’s iconic Guernica tapestry has been cared for by conservators and rehung outside the United Nations Security Council Chamber, it was announced today by Nelson A.
As you enter the gallery, you’re greeted by Tempter Tot Tramples Guernica, which sets the tone for the POPaganda signature mash-up of high and low cultural touchstones. Here he uses historical imagery ...