"Isabel Diaz Ayuso stated, "It makes no sense for everything to be returned to its origin. In that case we should send all of Picasso's works to Malaga, where he was born. It represents a provincial mindset when culture is universal.""
"Aitor Esteban responded, "If anyone was provincial, it was Ayuso whose idea of national identity is to drink beer on the terrace of a bar," referencing her stance on keeping bars open during the pandemic."
"Imanol Pradales questioned, "Does the Spanish government have the courage to move Guernica? They dragged Franco out of his tomb and aren't capable of moving a painting from Madrid to Euskadi?""
A dispute has emerged between the Madrid and Basque regional governments regarding the temporary relocation of Picasso's Guernica to the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao. The painting has been housed in the Reina Sofia museum in Madrid since 1992, with repeated requests for its transfer being denied. The Basque government aims to display the artwork from October to June to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the bombing of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War, which resulted in significant civilian casualties.
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