Guernica

Winning hearts and minds: propaganda of the Spanish Civil War

10 October 2026 9:00 am

The Republican cause may have been championed by the world’s leading poets, novelists and photojournalists, but in a largely illiterate society it was dramatic posters that mattered most

In love and war

2 April 2022 9:00 am

As Europe descended into chaos, the middle-aged Picasso remained as bullish as ever, says Craig Raine

‘Sunrise’, 1938, by John Armstrong

In the shadow of Guernica

22 November 2014 9:00 am

The Paris World’s Fair of 1937 was more than a testing ground for artistic innovation; it was a battleground for…