Gernika Picasso and politics

Picasso's famous painting which has been an icon of the horror of modern warfare is part of a row about the political and regional shape of Spain because the picture is not currently allowed to be shown in Euskadi which is where 'Guernica'/Gernika is. It'll be interesting to see where this goes now that a peace process seems to be underway in northwest Spain /Euskadi.
"in the Basque country the main nationalist party and the main conservative party have joined forces with other Spanish politicians in calling for Guernica... to be taken from Madrid. It would be very foolish of those who control the painting, no matter how fragile its state, to allow it to become a symbol of Spanish centralism. The campaign to hand it over, for however brief a time, is likely to become a great Basque rallying cause the longer it goes on."

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