Picasso's Guernica (Gigapixel)

Re:Picasso's Guernica (Gigapixel) by robolange on Tuesday April 14, 2026 @07:47PM (#47772940)

I zoomed in as far as I could go and saw some occasional flecks of red. Is that just lint, or remnants of when it was defaced in the 70s?

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Re:Picasso's Guernica (Gigapixel) by ninjin on Wednesday April 15, 2026 @03:17AM (#47775713)

I lack an answer, but for other interested, here is a link with more details regarding the event:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Shafrazi#Shafrazi_and_Gue...

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Re:Picasso's Guernica (Gigapixel) by stavros on Wednesday April 15, 2026 @06:32AM (#47777129)

> On February 28, 1974, Shafrazi spray-painted Picasso's 1937 painting Guernica with the words "KILL LIES ALL" in foot-high letters.

> Tony Shafrazian was born in Abadan, Iran, to Iranian Armenian parents

> In 2020, Shafrazi publicly supported Donald Trump for president.

If nothing else, the universe has a sense of humor.

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Re:Picasso's Guernica (Gigapixel) by tinkertrain on Wednesday April 15, 2026 @06:38AM (#47777180)

There is an "Artwork Details" feature and in it a section "Paint residues from the act of vandalism", they are remnants of the act. I quote:

> The varnish applied in 1962 served as a layer to protect the polychrome and the red paint could be removed without damaging the original.

> At the present time, macrophotographs show reddish micro-residues, almost imperceptible to the naked eye. In some cases, this has entered the fissures.

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