U.N. Security Council Anti-War Mural Hidden - covered-up for Powell speech

Photo:
"U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Negroponte, left, talks with Deputy U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. James Cunningham as they walk out of the Security Council at the U.N. in New York on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2002.... In background is a reproduction of Pablo Picasso's 'Guernica.' (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)"

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The Picasso Cover-up
“A tapestry of Pablo Picasso's powerful anti-war tableau "Guernica" has hung outside the U.N. Security Council since 1985… Television cameras routinely pan the tapestry as diplomats enter and leave the council chambers… So it was a surprise for many of the envoys to arrive at U.N. headquarters last Monday…to find the searing work covered with a baby-blue banner and the U.N. logo…"It's only temporary. We're only doing this until the cameras leave," said Abdellatif Kabbaj, the organization's media liaison…”
(Betsy Pisik, The Washington Times)
http://washingtontimes.com/world/20030203-13680812.htm
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Powell Without Picasso
"Mr. Powell can't very well seduce the world into bombing Iraq surrounded on camera by shrieking and mutilated women, men, children, bulls and horses..."
(Maureen Dowd, New York Times):
http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0205-03.htm

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ANTIWAR PROTEST IDEA:
Paint our own Guernicas (Baghdads) and surround the U.N. with 'em...or something like that.
Any ideas?

Their own Guernicas
Kids' Guernica Gallery (Kids from around the world paint their own Guernicas):
http://www.kidsguernica.net/
http://www.artjapan.com/GUERNICA-G/

Guernica (Picasso's painting):
http://www.faculty.de.gcsu.edu/~rviau/guernica.html