Should Picasso's 'Guernica' be displayed in Gernika?
This year is the 70th anniversary of the bombing of the Basque town of Gernika [or Gernika-Lumo] in the Basque Country. On 26 April, 1937 Gernika was targeted for aerial bombing during the Spanish Civil War. In response to the atrocity artist Pablo Picasso painted his famous work by the same name, Guernica. But controversy now surrounds where this work should be kept.
The National Museum of Art Reina Sofia in the Spanish capital Madrid contains many of the world's most influential paintings and art works of modern times. One painting, however, is attracting a good deal of attention at the moment...
The historical importance of Gernika has led to frequent calls for the Guernica painting to be shown in Gernika, or at least to be moved temporarily to the Basque country.
Head of painting conservation at the Reina Sofia Art Museum, Jorge Garcia, has led an investigation into the condition of the painting. He says his findings show that the painting should not be moved...
But historian in Gernika, Jose Angel Etxaniz, is a firm believer that if the painting is to come out of Madrid it should go directly to Gernika.
The Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, also in the Basque Country, was widely thought to have been the suitable destination for the Guernica painting if it was ever to leave the Spanish capital.
Read entire article at EITB24 (Basque News & Information Channel)
The National Museum of Art Reina Sofia in the Spanish capital Madrid contains many of the world's most influential paintings and art works of modern times. One painting, however, is attracting a good deal of attention at the moment...
The historical importance of Gernika has led to frequent calls for the Guernica painting to be shown in Gernika, or at least to be moved temporarily to the Basque country.
Head of painting conservation at the Reina Sofia Art Museum, Jorge Garcia, has led an investigation into the condition of the painting. He says his findings show that the painting should not be moved...
But historian in Gernika, Jose Angel Etxaniz, is a firm believer that if the painting is to come out of Madrid it should go directly to Gernika.
The Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, also in the Basque Country, was widely thought to have been the suitable destination for the Guernica painting if it was ever to leave the Spanish capital.
Related Links
Travails and travels of 'Guernica' since 1937 (Wikipedia)