The leader, Imanol Pradales, defended this life in Madrid temporary transfer to Euskadi del Guernica Picasso as a gesture of historical memory and “symbolic reparation” for a vast community and as a “message to the world” about “what presupposes war and the atrocities that come from dictation”.
In his follow-up to the relationship he maintained in the world with Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, Pradales mentioned the Vasco government’s request to ensure that Pablo Picasso’s masterpiece is displayed in the museum. Guggenheim de Bilbao between 1 October 2026 and 30 June 2027.
Vasco’s government wishes to reckon with an emblematic image on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of Vasco’s first government and the bombing of Guernica.
Bringing the image into the context of these anniversaries is itself a “formula for historical correction and memory”.
It is, he said, “in this geopolitical moment the recognition of what war is supposed to be and the atrocity that comes from dictation.”
Pradales said that Vice Mayor and Councilor for Culture Ibone Bengoetxea met with Minister Ernesto Urtasun last Tuesday to request the elaboration analysis of the technical possibilities and costs of its temporary relocation Guernica in Euskadi.
A representative of Vasco said that no information was requested regarding the conservation of the painting, as the public would visit the Reina Sofia Museum, but a study to determine under what conditions it could be transferred.
A question that, he noted, was not clear, and which Bengoetxea and Urtasun agreed to meet again after Holy Week to discuss the matter further.
“It seemed to me a serious political mistake to close the door with Queen Sofia’s informant on this matter, so it was transferred to Sánchez,” explained Pradales, who noted that this petition was filed with the president last year.
It is not the first time that Vasco has asked for the transfer of the great joy of the queen’s crown. Until now, from the Ministry of Culture, they have all dealt with this type of proposal with alleged reasons for conservation.
Last time it happened Guernica I traveled in 1992when he left the Casa del Buen Retiro to settle permanently on its present site. It was 11 years ago, in 1981, when he went to Spain from MoMA in New York. We ask you to ensure that the Department responds in a different way to the British Government’s renewed ambition.
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