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On the 52nd death anniversary of the iconic artist, we speak with members of the city’s art community to learn why the name ...
Arguably the most well-known painting by Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), Guernica was the artist's statement of protest against the bombing of the eponymous Spanish town in the lead-up to World War II.
Historically, World's Fairs did not just exhibit new technologies but also included racist displays of actual people from the ...
There’s no doubt that Pablo Picasso is one of ... up by the bombing of the Spanish town Guernica during the civil war, Picasso’s monochrome painting is a moving piece depicting suffering ...
Last week, we enthralled you with our account of the Hong Kong art show “Super March,” which is ongoing for the entire month.
At a 2013 Christie’s New York sale, the 1950 painting ... recreates Picasso’s “Guernica” (1937) in coloured sand. ‘Massacre in Korea’ (1951) by Pablo Picasso, one of the paintings ...
In 2023, on the 50th anniversary of his death, Pablo Picasso was posthumously ... began to understand the scale of Picasso’s celebrity. Vladimir wrote to his sister: “I was finally able to see your ...
Tensions had been building for decades. Economic hardship, political unrest, and growing inequality had gradually weakened Spain’s government. In 1931, the Second Republic was declared, bringing ...
Art has long been a tool for resistance, documenting history and challenging power — raising the question, can it ever truly be apolitical?