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'''Date of Action:''' February 5, 2003 | '''Date of Action:''' February 5, 2003 | ||
'''Location:''' Security Counsel Meeting Room, United Nations, New York | '''Location:''' Security Counsel Meeting Room, United Nations, New York, USA | ||
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'''Description of Artwork:''' Guerinica is a graphic Modern Art depiction of the atrocities and ravages of war. <P> | '''Description of Artwork:''' Guerinica is a graphic Modern Art depiction of the atrocities and ravages of war. <P> | ||
Latest revision as of 02:09, 7 January 2012
Date: 2003
Region: North America
Subject: Political/Economic/Social Opinion
Medium: Painting
Artist: Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973)
Confronting Bodies: United Nations Officials
Date of Action: February 5, 2003
Location: Security Counsel Meeting Room, United Nations, New York, USA
Description of Artwork: Guerinica is a graphic Modern Art depiction of the atrocities and ravages of war.
The Incident: Just prior to when Secretary of State Collin Powell delivered a speech to the Security Counsel, where he beseeched the U.N. that war with Iraq was a neccessary international action, U.N. officials covered the Guerinca mural with a curtain.
Results of Incident: No action was taken against the covering of the mural.
Source: NCAC based on an article in art-for-a-change.com
