One of the most famous paintings by Spanish painter Pablo Picasso. HE ‘Guernica‘ will be re-photographed by fans at the Reina Sofia Museum in MadridBy lifting the existing ban to protect this symbolic artifact.
Museum sources told EFE on Tuesday that its new director, Manuel Segade, has decided that the museum can only be photographed if: do not use flash or stabilization elements such as tripods or selfie sticks.
With this measure, Valid from 1 September lastAccording to these sources, the director wants to improve the experience of seeing the painting.
The ban affected the entire room in which it was located in order to preserve the very sensitive work that was hung on the walls of Reina Sofia in 1992, after it was exhibited elsewhere in Madrid when it arrived in Spain in 1981 after 42 years. New York MoMA.
This was the only area in the museum where visitors were not allowed to take photos.However, it is stated in these sources that the ban has been lifted due to the change in technological opportunities and that it does not endanger the work, and that the capacity of the room will continue to be controlled.
It’s a way to offer more possibilities to the visitor, and like British musician Mick Jagger, who visited the museum in 2022 and took pictures in front of the painting; this is an image that has been widely criticized on social networks for being exceptional.
Picasso (1881-1973) drew ‘Guernica’ in 1937. Captures the horror of the Spanish Civil War after German aviation bombed the Basque town that gave the work its nameThe painting that the painting genius decided to keep in the custody of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York during the Second World War and then until the return to democracy in Spain.