The trees, which Peter the Great was also very fond of, can withstand the harshness of the northern climate - they will be grown on their own in a greenhouse for two years ST. PETERSBURG, January 16. ...
Before Mariupol, before Gaza, before Hiroshima and Nagasaki and Dresden and the Blitz, there was Guernica. The little Basque town in northern Spain was once the byword for state cruelty following the ...
FILE - In this Jan. 2, 2018, file photo, United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley walks past a tapestry woven by Atelier J. de la Baume-Durrbach of Pablo Picasso's "Guernica" as she ...
For nearly 36 years, a tapestry depicting Pablo Picasso's "Guernica" adorned the wall at the entrance to the 15-nation Security Council chamber at the United Nations' New York headquarters. But the ...
On April 27, 1937, the London Times reported the following: “Guernica, the most ancient town of the Basques and the center of their cultural tradition, was completely destroyed yesterday afternoon by ...
A visitor examines Pablo Picasso's Guernica during the partial reopening of the Reina Sofía Museum in June 2020, which followed several months of pandemic closures. Denis Doyle / Getty Images In 1992, ...
A dancer performs during the public presentation of a life-size chocolate version of Picasso's Guernica. Photo by Ander Gillenea / AFP via Getty Images In 1937, Pablo Picasso channeled fierce ...