Picasso's Guernica needs special care
- added July 21, 2008
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- saverio
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"Pablo Picasso's famous masterpiece Guernica is in a "stable but serious" condition, art experts have concluded after an exhaustive study.
The monochrome canvas that epitomises the horror of modern warfare had "suffered a lot and requires special care," said the head of restoration at Madrid's modern art museum.
The conclusions made following the first detailed examination of the artwork in ten years will disappoint those in the Basque country who hoped that the iconic artwork would one day be returned to its spiritual home.
But curators have declared that its state is so fragile that any attempt to move it from its current location at Madrid's Reina Sofia would be impossible.
Even more restoration on the canvas would risk further damage."
The monochrome canvas that epitomises the horror of modern warfare had "suffered a lot and requires special care," said the head of restoration at Madrid's modern art museum.
The conclusions made following the first detailed examination of the artwork in ten years will disappoint those in the Basque country who hoped that the iconic artwork would one day be returned to its spiritual home.
But curators have declared that its state is so fragile that any attempt to move it from its current location at Madrid's Reina Sofia would be impossible.
Even more restoration on the canvas would risk further damage."
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This is really surprising given that it is a comparatively new painting and much older art works are shipped around the world frequently. I wonder what causes this particular work to be so fragile?
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- JanaPokana
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Surprising, indeed. It was painted in 1937, and it has always been kept in museums...
Here is "La Guerre et la Paix" (1952), Picasso's third and last work on the theme of war.
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