Tapestry

Spain's Royal Tapestry Factory has been decorating the walls and floors of palaces and institutions for more than 300 years.

Located on a quiet, leafy street in central Madrid, its artisans work with painstaking focus on tapestries, carpets and heraldic banners, combining the long wisdom of the craft with new techniques.

The iconic tapestry of Pablo Picasso's "Guernica," which is considered by numerous art critics as perhaps the most powerful anti-war painting in history, returned to its place of honor at the United Nations on Feb. 5 after a year-long absence that angered and dismayed many U.N. diplomats and staff.

The iconic tapestry of Pablo Picasso's "Guernica" is gone from its place of honor outside the U.N. Security Council in the United Nations headquarters complex overlooking New York's East River.

The painting "Guernica," considered one of Picasso's masterpieces and by many art critics as perhaps the most powerful anti-war painting in history, hangs in the Museo Reina Sofia in Madrid.

Spray-painted in murals, wielded on anti-war banners, and even once hung as a tapestry at the United Nations, Pablo Picasso’s “Guernica” might be the world’s most famous political artwork.

As part of its 10th year celebration program, Istanbul?s Pera Museum is presenting the work of Turner and BAFTA award winner Grayson Perry. 

Organized in collaboration with the British Council and curated by Linsey Young from the British Council?s Visual Arts Team, the exhibition reflects the artist?s unrelenting fascination with issues of the everyday, religion, class, and identity.