In a letter to the Rockefellers, the UN Secretary-General welcomed the upcoming restoration at the United Nations.
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A year after a sudden and disturbing disappearance from a wall at the United Nations, a giant tapestry representing Picasso’s iconic “Guernica” has been returned to its prominent place in the global body by the owners of the Rockefeller family.
A UN source said the huge weaving rehab was underway on Saturday morning, as diplomats expressed relief about the return of the 25-foot-wide (7.5-metre) work that hung outside Security Council chambers. Where the President, Prime Minister and Ambassador will regularly pass by.
The tapestry was invented in 1955 by Nelson A. Rockefeller and woven in a French studio in consultation with Picasso, who did his original “Guernica” painting during the Spanish Civil War. It represents the bombing of the Spanish city of that name by German Nazi and Italian fascist forces on April 26, 1937.
Nelson Rockefeller Jr. announced the artwork’s return in a United Nations statement, saying, “The Guernica Tapestry with its potential symbolism – depicting the terrifying aspects of human nature – wrestles with cruelty, darkness and the seeds of hope within humanity.” Is.” ,
“I am grateful that Tapestry will be able to reach a wider segment of the world’s population and enhance its ability to touch and educate lives.”
On loan to the United Nations by the Rockefellers, it was meant to serve as a powerful reminder to UN diplomats of the horrors of war. Screaming women, a dead child and a dismembered soldier are presented in ominous shades of gray and black.
But in February 2021, as the COVID-19 crisis spread around the world and thousands of UN staff were forced to work from home, the tapestry disappeared without explanation.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said, “It’s terrible, terrible, it’s gone,” himself shocked by the sudden disappearance.
In a letter to the Rockefellers in December, Guterres welcomed the upcoming resettlement at the United Nations.
According to the UN statement, he wrote, “We are honored to serve as the careful steward of such a prestigious job – as we draw inspiration from its message.”
In an interview published Saturday in The New York Times, Nelson Rockefeller Jr. acknowledged a “miscommunication”—indicating that the tapestry was in need of cleaning and preservation work.
“Guernica” is on loan to the United Nations with the provision that the family may retrieve it for six months to be shown in demonstrations in the United States or elsewhere.
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