A flight of bombers from Nazi Germany’s Condor Legion and Italy’s Aviazione Legionaria pummelled the Basque town Gernika for three hours on April 26, 1937. As incendiary bombs rained down on the ...
Pablo Picasso was something of a latecomer to political activism, having embraced it only after reaching his 50s. Prior to that, his sole dedication was to himself, and the belief that his genius ...
In honor of the 80th anniversary of Pablo Picasso’s famous Guernica, the Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid has announced that it will be hosting a major exhibition this year highlighting the artist’s ...
Italian artist Ercole Pignatelli is attempting to recreate Picasso's Guernica in front of a live audience in only 12 days. When the Nazis decided to wade into the Spanish Civil War in 1937 in support ...
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 ...
Spray-painted in murals, wielded on anti-war banners, and even once hung as a tapestry at the United Nations, Pablo Picasso's "Guernica" might be the world's most famous political artwork. Now ...
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 ...
MADRID (AFP) — Close to 80 years ago, Picasso painted Guernica in a Paris attic, a haunting work of art that has become a universal howl against the ravages of war, from 1937 Spain to 2017 Syria. The ...
FILE - In this Jan. 2, 2018, file photo, United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley walks past a tapestry woven by Atelier J. de la Baume-Durrbach of Pablo Picasso's "Guernica" as she ...
It’s so easy to draw a curtain – figuratively or literally – on the uncomfortable, the conscience pricking if you are in a position of power. But it’s impossible on both counts if you are on the ...
Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Paris’s international Exposition des Arts et Techniques Modernes was scheduled to open in May 1937 and, with only a ...
MADRID – As one of the world's most iconic paintings nears its 75th anniversary, it is getting a full health check from a robot. A giant robotic machine is taking tens of thousands of microscopic ...