Picasso's guernica row: madrid and basque governments clash over 90th anniversary tribute

A bitter dispute has erupted between the Madrid and Basque regional governments over the temporary relocation of Pablo Picasso's iconic anti-war masterpiece, Guernica, to mark the 90th anniversary of the devastating bombing that inspired it.

Madrid refuses to budge

The painting, arguably Picasso's most celebrated work, has resided in Madrid's Reina Sofia museum since 1992 despite repeated requests from the Basque government to display it temporarily in the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, its Basque Country home.

Madrid's conservative President Isabel Díaz Ayuso has flatly refused, calling it a