Mastodawn

🎨 Oh, look! #Monet was the original #Picasso of petty insults! 🤡 Before he was drowning in water lilies, he was raking in francs by sketching the egos of Le Havre’s "who's who" with all the subtlety of a sledgehammer. Clearly, the real masterpiece was his early grasp of capitalism! 💰
https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/claude-monet-caricatures/ #insults #art #capitalism #HackerNews #ngated

Doing Impressions: Monet’s Early Caricatures (ca. late 1850s)

Moneymaking caricatures by a teenage Monet, before he turned to Impressionism.

The Public Domain Review

Owliphant 2d ago

Picasso died on this day April 8th in 1973. His painting 'Guernica' showed the horrors of fascists bombing civilians.

Can you find on a #map the location of the city the painting is based on?
https://www.whereintheworldgame.com/?id=162&type=q

#Art #History #Geography #ArtHistory #Picasso

Edgecontrol🍉🛹2d ago

https://www.rtbf.be/article/vu-d-europe-en-espagne-le-potentiel-transfert-du-guernica-de-picasso-fait-polemique-11706250 #Picasso #Guernica

Vu d'Europe : en Espagne, le potentiel transfert du Guernica de Picasso fait polémique - RTBF Actus

Guernica, peint par Pablo Picasso en 1937 pour soutenir le gouvernement de la République espagnole, s'est retrouvé au...

RTBF.be

Regendans 3d ago

In Spain, a request to move Picasso’s famous ‘Guernica’ to the Basque Country sparks national row

Regional authorities want to temporarily show the artwork at Guggenheim Bilbao despite museum experts advising against moving the canvas due to its delicate condition. The demand has taken on political overtones

https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-04-07/in-spain-a-request-to-move-picassos-famous-guernica-to-the-basque-country-sparks-national-row.html

#spain #picasso #guernica #1937 #AntiWar #painting

In Spain, a request to move Picasso’s famous ‘Guernica’ to the Basque Country sparks national row

EL PAÍS English

(((Cindy Weinstein)))3d ago

#Guernica (#Picasso, 1937)

#Art

Camarade Looping

3d ago

Picasso : derrière le génie, un homme cruel et violent.

"Il faut cesser de parler des femmes qui ont traversé sa vie comme de "muses". Certaines se sont suicidées, d’autres ont sombré dans la folie."

https://www.rtbf.be/article/picasso-derriere-le-genie-un-homme-cruel-et-violent-11176602
#Picasso

Picasso : derrière le génie, un homme cruel et violent - RTBF Actus

Il y a 50 ans jour pour jour, le 8 avril 1973, Pablo Picasso s’éteignait à l’âge de 91 ans. Célébré de son...

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MediaFaro Magazine 3d ago

Spanish politicians clash over a request to move Picasso’s Guernica.

A row has broken out between the Madrid and Basque regional governments in Spain over the latter’s request for Guernica, probably Pablo Picasso’s most celebrated work, to be housed temporarily in the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao to mark the 90th anniversary of the bombing of the Basque town.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260407-spanish-politicians-clash-over-a-request-to-move-picassos-guernica?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Spain #BasqueCountry #Guernica #Exhibitions #Picasso #Museum #Art #History #Guggenheim #Madrid #Bilbao

Spanish politicians clash over a request to move Picasso’s Guernica.

The Guardian

Antonio Spadaro 3d ago

Oggi su #Repubblica in edicola una mia lettura di #Picasso alla luce della *mostra nella Cattedrale di Burgos* che indaga sui temi biblici presenti nell'opera del pittore.

Metin Seven 🎨Apr 2

Young Picasso. 🎨

#art #artist #picasso #photo #portrait #old #vintage #BlackAndWhite

Italian News by RSS Mar 31

RaiNews: Guernica conteso: il Reina Sofia di Madrid rifiuta di prestare l’opera al Guggenheim di Bilbao

Il quadro di Picasso è al centro di un dibattito che supera i confini dell’arte: i Paesi Baschi hanno lo chiesto in prestito per 9 mesi adducendo motivazioni identitarie, ma Madrid ha rifiutato

Guernica disputed: The Reina Sofia in Madrid refuses to lend the work to the Guggenheim in Bilbao.

Picasso’s painting is at the center of a debate that transcends the boundaries of art: the Basque Country requested it for 9 months, citing identity-related motivations, but Madrid refused.

#Guernica #ReinaSofia #Madrid #Guggenheim #Bilbao #Picasso #theBasqueCountry

https://www.rainews.it/articoli/2026/03/guernica-conteso-il-reina-sofia-di-madrid-rifiuta-di-prestare-lopera-al-guggenheim-di-bilbao-454b0517-a23a-4867-8bfe-ab10f5071f1a.html

Guernica conteso: il Reina Sofia di Madrid rifiuta di prestare l’opera al Guggenheim di Bilbao

Il quadro di Picasso è al centro di un dibattito che supera i confini dell’arte: i Paesi Baschi hanno lo chiesto in prestito per 9 mesi adducendo motivazioni identitarie, ma Madrid ha rifiutato

RaiNews