The Museo Reina Sofia in Madrid has quietly lifted its ban on taking photographs of Picasso’s iconic Guernica painting.

The artwork was transferred from the Museum of Modern Art in New York to Spain in 1981 and has since attracted millions of visitors.

For decades, however, viewers were forbidden to photograph the masterpiece, even without flash.

https://www.euronews.com/culture/2023/09/08/reina-sofia-museum-lifts-decades-long-ban-on-photographing-picassos-guernica

#Spain #Madrid #Guernica #Picasso #Museum #ReinaSofia #Art

Here's a thing I wrote last year, for which I obtained my first ever official rejection letter from the New Yorker magazine's Shouts & Murmurs column - which was a rite of passage and an honor! Much of the dialog was taken verbatim from actual feedback I have received.

GUERNICA by Blake Leyh

#Writing #Satire #Picasso #Guernica #Humor #ArtAndCapitalism #CorporateArt #Feedback

RT @rosaluxstiftung: Der Brand. Am 26. April 1937 flog die deutsche Legion Condor einen verheerenden Luftangriff gegen die baskische Kleinstadt #Guernica. 80 Prozent der Gebäude wurden im Flammenmeer vernichtet, hunderte von Menschen kamen dabei ums Leben.

#AndiesemTag #SpanischerBürgerkrieg https://t.co/qPAOqqjnMS

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Picasso’s Guernica, and other paintings of him at the Reina Sofia Museum. Impressive.

#art #paintings #picasso #guernica #madrid #museum #ReinaSofia #spain #Painting

RT @dfertl: On the 86th anniversary of the bombing of the #Basque town #Gernika by the #Nazi Luftwaffe & #Mussolini's #fascist airforce (on #Franco's orders), #Spain’s govt has declared it a “site of democratic memory”.
#Gernika86urte #Guernica #NoPasarán #Gernika86
>https://t.co/yU3CBGvwew https://t.co/2TYJmrcL40

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"Do not give in to that which you cannot change. Change that which you can and do not be discouraged by that which you cannot change." - Reinhold Niebuhr, because emotional freedom does not mean indifference, but the ability to cope with emotions in a positive and constructive way. "The suffering of others is my suffering, the happiness of others is my happiness" - #Zen #Buddhism #Guernica #PabloPicasso

I finally got around to seeing 1st episode of Simon Schama’s #HistoryOfNow tonight - Truth and Democracy.

Very accessible. I think he must have an address book to die for - good interviews with key figures in arts. Sometimes I find art as politics very loose and baggy, but this was structured, nuanced and compelling. He left me in tears when frankly talking about Czechoslovakia and Ukraine.

Also watch for #Orwell #Guernica #PussyRiot #AiWeiWei

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0d5wch4

Art against fascism. Great documentary for our times by Simon Schama. Must watch imho.
#simonschama #art #guernica #picasso #history https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0d5wch4/simon-schamas-history-of-now-series-1-1-truth-and-democracy

RT @dfertl: Today is the 85th anniversary of the bombing of the #Basque town of #Gernika by the #Nazi Luftwaffe's Condor Legion & #Mussolini's #fascist airforce on #Franco's orders
The civilian population was targeted on market day killing 1500+
#Gernika85urte #Guernica #NoPasarán #Gernika85

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RT @cultureGR: 🖼#ΠαγκόσμιαΗμέραΤέχνης -#ΣανΣήμερα το 1452 γεννήθηκε ο Leonardo #DaVinci. Τιμούμε όλες τις μορφές Τέχνης!

Έργα, όπως η εμβληματική, αντιπολεμική #Guernica (1937,#Πικάσο), υπενθυμίζουν τη δύναμη της τέχνης να αφυπνίζει & να κρατά τη μνήμη ζωντανή.

#WorldArtDay2022 #MinCultureGr

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