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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