Guernica, bombed by the German legion Condor, 1937. | brandstaetter images/GettyImages. Picasso’s painting depicts the bombing of the Basque town of Guernica on April 26, 1937.

For decades, Picasso scholars have assumed that the artist’s loyal friend Zervos had single-handedly rescued Guernica’s reputation by publishing a special “summer” issue of Cahiers d’Art ...

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.

However late Picasso's political awakening may have come, its catalyst was the Spanish Civil War, and the singular atrocity that defined it-the bombing of the Basque city Guernica, to which ...

Picasso’s ‘Guernica’ marked a specific event. What does it say today? ‘Guernica’ has long been called to speak during wartime. Our critic visited Spain to take its measure.

Guernica by Pablo Picasso is one of the most famous artworks of the 20th century. The painting is huge and violent, and when it was first displayed in 1937 it was considered absolutely groundbreaking.

Since its donation by Nelson A Rockefeller in 1985, a tapestry reproduction of Guernica woven at the atelier of French artist Jacqueline de la Baume Dürrbach (with Picasso’s blessing) has hung ...

Guernica by Pablo Picasso is one of the most famous artworks of the 20th century. The painting is huge and violent, and when it was first displayed in 1937 it was considered absolutely groundbreaking.

The Reina Sofía museum in Madrid has lifted its ban on photographing “Guernica,” saying it hopes to enhance the experience for those viewing the antiwar painting. By Francheska Melendez and ...