Hidden Treasures
What's so controversial about Picasso's Guernica?
By David Cohen
Posted Thursday, February 6, 2003, at 3:56 PM PT

The tapestry in question

The tapestry in question
Earlier this week, U.N. officials hung a blue curtain over a tapestry reproduction of Picasso's Guernica at the entrance of the Security Council. The spot is where diplomats and others make statements to the press, and ostensibly officials thought it would be inappropriate for Colin Powell to speak about war in Iraq with the 20th century's most iconic protest against the inhumanity of war as his backdrop.

full story:
http://slate.msn.com/id/2078242/

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