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EXPLAINED: Guernica person | Rare Historical Photos

Chaiyos Pinpradab, founder of the magazine Phuket Bulletin, is now retired and living in his home on the island. Whenever he hears news regarding loss of innocent lives during local unrest, he is heartbroken.

Bangkok Post

Quote of the Day by Pablo Picasso: “The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to...” — Inspiring life lessons on purpose, creativity, generosity, success, personal growth, and how sharing your gift can transform your life and the world by the Spanish artist who redefined modern art

Today's Quote of the Day by Pablo Picasso is more than a famous saying. It is a practical guide for modern life. “The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.” These words remind us that success alone is never enough.…

The Economic Times

‘I dealt with death, bankruptcy and HIV in three months’: Andreas Angelidakis on his radical, RuPaul-influenced art installation

Spliff in hand, the Greek artist and architect explains how his Venice pavilion was inspired by Picasso’s Guernica, Charlie Kirk’s widow … and a hatred of pavilions

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German president visits Spanish town of Guernica, hit by Nazi bombs in 1937

President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Friday became the first German head of state to visit the Spanish town of Guernica, where Nazi bombers killed hundreds of civilians in 1937.

Radio France Internationale

Zelensky visits Picasso’s ‘Guernica’ painting years after making Ukraine bombing comparison

Zelensky referenced the painting in April 2022 while addressing Spain’s parliament

The Independent UK

Theatre Picasso review – Pablo tears reality apart in a riotous celebration of his raging genius

From filthy kissing to bullfights, fascists and drag acts, the artist who shattered visual conventions is thrillingly, forcefully alive in this illuminating show

The Guardian - UK

Rare photographs by Dora Maar cast Picasso’s tormented muse in a new light

London gallery shows intimate images, including portraits of the artist, that reveal a great talent in her own right

The Guardian - UK

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In Italy, a Palestinian lawyer who fled Gaza builds Israel genocide case

Raji Sourani left the strip as the war raged. He then joined colleagues in Sicily to try to take Israel to the ICJ.

Al Jazeera

Power to the people! Film, music, books and more about collective action

From a vast anti-war statement by Pablo Picasso to a powerful treatise on section 28, our critics showcase culture that reminds us what we can achieve when we come together

The Guardian - UK

‘Notoriously cruel’: should we cancel Picasso? Collectors, artists, critics and curators decide

He was the 20th century’s most influential artist – but he was also a monstrous misogynist. On the 50th anniversary of Picasso’s death, we ask: is it time to mothball the master?

The Guardian - UK

Global art world salutes Picasso half a century after his death

The "Year of Picasso" initiative will see more than 40 exhibitions held across Europe and the United States in honour of the Spanish artist, 50 years after his death in the south of France.

Radio France Internationale

NATO summit protesters play dead in front of Picasso war painting

About 30 anti-war activists protested on Monday in front of Pablo Picasso's historic Guernica painting about the horrors of war at the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid, hours before the start on Tuesday of a NATO summit in the Spanish capital.

Reuters

A Life of Picasso Volume IV by John Richardson review – demon or deity?

This ingenious final volume of an epic biography illuminates the imagery in the artist’s work during Europe’s war years and his complicated love life

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