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What does Picasso's “Guernica” say about war?

A Basque town in flames, and a canvas that refuses to forget.

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On April 26, 1937, the Basque town of Guernica was bombed during the Spanish Civil War. Picasso, in Paris, answered with a huge canvas in black and white.

Guernica became one of the most powerful anti-war images of the 20th century.

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