Picasso’s Guernica in New York: From Political Icon to Museum Masterpiece?
King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center 53 Washington Square South, New YorkGuernica, Picasso’s painting for the Spanish Republican Pavilion in the International Exposition of Arts and Techniques of Paris in 1937, had a strong impact on the New York School. It was first exhibited in New York City in May 1939 as a political icon within a campaign to raise funds for the Spanish Republic refugees. In November 1939 it was…