When Pablo Picasso painted his famous Guernica back in 1937, I wonder if he knew what its impact would be. It is a symbol of the tragedy of war and a monument to the universal suffering that conflict brings to all involved. It is a controversial work of art named after a town in the Basque region of Spain which was destroyed in 1937 during the Spanish Civil War. At the moment you can see this masterpiece in the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid. We were disappointed by its size when we actually saw it a few years ago, but there was no disputing it's visual impact. Such is its value that the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao has a space designated to house it when they negotiate its return to the Basque region! You may well
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