As Spain devolved into a civil war (1936-1939) that tore the country apart, Picasso stopped painting for a year and resorted to writing­. This fact acquires painful relevance today, given the political storm brewing up in Europe. To state the obvious, it might be hard not to visualize his Guernica­ when watching in the news what is happening in Ukraine. 

“quand le toro avec
sa corne (…)”
November 15, 1935