Tag: Guernica
Childhood inspiration: On the trail of the young Pablo Picasso through Spain
AS we approach the 50th anniversary of the death of Pablo Picasso - a series of events are planned for 2023 – it is...
FREE international seminar on Picasso to be held mid November in Spain’s Malaga
THE Picasso Museum Malaga together with the General Foundation of the University of Malaga (FGUMA) have come together to organise an international seminar on...
Guernica: Spain’s government refuses to let Picasso’s Civil War masterpiece be displayed in the Basque Country’s Guggenheim Museum
A BID to put Picasso’s masterpiece Guernica on display in the Basque country has been rebuffed.
The picture, depicting the 1937 bombing of the Basque...
Ukraine’s Zelensky thanks Spain’s parliament for support but attacks companies still trading with Russia
UKRAINIAN president Volodymr Zelensky addressed Spain's parliamentarians on Tuesday in a special 30-minute session of Congress in Madrid.
He appeared via video-link at the unanimous...
UN apologies after attributing Guernica bombing to Spain’s republican forces who were in fact victims of the massacre
UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said the error was a ‘horrendous mistake.’
Picasso’s Guernica revisited: The Malagueno artist’s perplexing masterpiece
Almost as famous for his biting wit as his artistic prowess, when a German Gestapo officer looking at Guernica asked him, ‘Did you do this?’, Picasso is said to have retorted, ‘No, you did’.
Major exhibition celebrates 80th anniversary of Picasso’s Guernica
Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid has launched a major exhibition to celebrate one of the world's most iconic paintings, Guernica.
Spanish Civil War Expo pavilion restaged in London
The Spanish Pavilion of the 1937 Paris International World's Fair, which showcased Pablo Picasso’s Guernica and Joan Miro’s The Reaper for the first time in public, has been recreated in London
What was Guernica?
LISTEN UP: In this new section, Wendy Andersen gives a potted history on Spain’s most famous painting, which was inspired by the bombing of Guernica 75 years ago
The art of war
Picasso’s Spanish Civil War masterpiece Guernica once hung in a car showroom in Manchester
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The...
