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Allan Antliff discusses the political history of Picasso's most famous painting from its inception during the Spanish Civil War to the Iraq War of 2003. It is modern art's most powerful antiwar statement. Inspired by Franco's atrocities against the civilian population of a little Basque village, Picasso's painting stirs up controversy to this day.
Included are interviews with art historians Francis Frascina, Patricia Leighten, conservator Maria Garcia Yelo of the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, and activist Emily McGiffen. New music by Wolf Edwards.
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