thanks for the reminder / what a bunch of twerps we are in this country / i saw the original of this painting in Madrid some years ago when Franco was in charge ! imagine that

This was quite informative. "don't tangle with a masterpiece" It reminded me of all the 'strange' artwork in the Denver airport (DIA). I read long ago of a Latin American artist that has many pieces displayed in government facilities. The question remains...why do they display these works so prominently. Is it NWO...trilateralists..what gives?

I think the better question to ask would be: why do some people feel so constrained to cover up such art? In that one of the missions of the United Nations is to help avoid armed conflict, Guernica certainly seems an appropriate piece of artwork for display in its halls. If one doesn't see the mission of the United Nations as one that seeks to avoid armed conflict, then one might reasonably ask the question: why do they display it? I would argue that Guernica belongs there.

We could certainly argue about whether the world would be a better place if art were relegated to non public spaces. Personally I think a world without art would be a rather droll and dreary place. We might make a good argument that Stalinist Soviet Russia would have been a much better place if Stalin's art (much or all of it propaganda) could have been replaced with something less odious (or just less conspicuous). On the other hand, who can forget the film reels of public Nazi book and art burning gatherings?

So you have a choice:
a. a world without art on public display
b. public displays of art. (but who chooses the art?)

But let's examine things on a more subconcious level. Why did John Ashcroft feel the need to cover up lady justice? Was is because he didn't like nude women to be on public display, didn't like Roman or Greek statues, or was it because he didn't really like the idea of justice wearing a blindfold?

This video attributes the shrouding of Guernica to the news media. If this is true, what was going on at the subconcious level of the news media? Did they see Guernica as propaganda? It's hard to believe they would have an objection to this particular art propaganda - which I believe Guernica most definitely is - and which incidentally was directed against the fascist dictators Hitler and Franco.

Or would they and did they have subconcious feelings about the painting Guernica that we can only surmise ? If so, what does that say about how they felt about the "leader of the free world" and the mission he was undertaking at that time?