{"id":79865,"date":"2025-10-17T04:24:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T04:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/79865\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T04:24:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T04:24:11","slug":"picasso-painting-vanishes-on-its-way-to-granada-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/79865\/","title":{"rendered":"Picasso painting vanishes on its way to Granada exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"

A painting by Picasso has vanished en route from Madrid to Granada for an exhibition after a suspicious overnight stop.<\/p>\n

Police investigating the suspected theft of the 1919 work Still Life with Guitar are trying to find out whether it disappeared about 15 miles short of its destination in the southern region of Andalusia.<\/p>\n

The painting, which is valued at \u20ac600,000, was being transported for inclusion in Bodegon: La eternidad de lo inerte (Still Life: The Eternity of the Inanimate), an exhibition organised by the CajaGranada Foundation, a cultural organisation. When staff unpacked the crates for installation on October 6, they realised it was missing.<\/p>\n

\"Illustration<\/p>\n

The piece came from a private collection in Madrid and was on loan alongside 57 other works. Packed on September 25, it left the capital on October 2 in a van escorted by two couriers. <\/p>\n

The journey, normally a four-hour drive, included an unplanned overnight stop in Deifontes, a small town north of Granada. The drivers reportedly took turns sleeping inside the vehicle to guard the cargo, valued at more than \u20ac6 million.<\/p>\n

The detour, so close to the final destination, was not part of the agreed itinerary and is now at the centre of the police inquiry. The mayor of Deifontes, Paco Abril Tenorio, told ABC newspaper that the stop was \u201cvery strange\u201d. He said: \u201cGranada is just over a quarter of an hour from here. I don\u2019t understand why they had to stop here to spend the night.\u201d <\/p>\n

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The van reached the CajaGranada cultural centre the next morning. According to the foundation, all works were unloaded in a video-monitored area and handed over to the exhibitions manager, who signed for the delivery. Because the crates were not properly numbered, staff said it was impossible to confirm whether all the packages matched the shipment list without opening them.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The CajaGranada cultural centre<\/p>\n

The boxes remained sealed and under surveillance throughout the weekend. When curators unpacked them on Monday, October 6, Still Life with Guitar was nowhere to be found. The foundation immediately reported the loss to the police.<\/p>\n

Investigators are analysing security video and route logs to determine whether the disappearance occurred during the Deifontes stop, in transit or after the arrival in Granada. No arrests have been made.<\/p>\n

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Painted in 1919 in gouache and lead pencil on paper, the 12.7cm by 9.8cm work is a small example from Picasso\u2019s post-cubist period. According to Ledor Fine Art, which specialises in his work, it sold several years ago for about \u20ac60,000 before its insured value rose tenfold for the Granada exhibition.<\/p>\n

\"Spanish<\/p>\n

Picasso, 1971<\/p>\n

RALPH GATTI\/AFP\/GETTY IMAGES<\/p>\n

Picasso, who was born in Malaga in 1881 and died in 1973, remains one of the world\u2019s most valuable and most frequently stolen artists. Police said the investigation remains open and all lines of inquiry are being pursued.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A painting by Picasso has vanished en route from Madrid to Granada for an exhibition after a suspicious…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":79866,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[437,434,435,436,438,146,85,46],"class_list":["post-79865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79865\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}