{"id":208012,"date":"2025-10-18T04:04:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T04:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/208012\/"},"modified":"2025-10-18T04:04:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T04:04:07","slug":"pablo-picasso-painting-goes-missing-on-its-way-to-spain-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/208012\/","title":{"rendered":"Pablo Picasso Painting Goes Missing on Its Way to Spain Exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tA Pablo Picasso<\/a> painting has done quite the disappearing act in Spain this week.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe artist\u2019s 1919 piece titled Still Life with Guitar has gone missing on its way to an exhibition at CajaGranada Cultural Center in Granada, CNN reported<\/a>. The small work, measuring just five inches by 3.9 inches, was supposed to appear at the showcase starting October 9 but appears to have gotten lost in transportation; now, authorities are investigating how the painting slipped through the cracks.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe artwork went on a journey to get to Granada, one that is well documented. On October 3, a transportation van from Madrid arrived at CajaGranada Cultural Center to drop off various pieces, including the Picasso, the institute said in a press statement. From there, the artworks were shuffled all at once to a freight elevator, and then moved into the exhibition hall, which can be seen on video surveillance.<\/p>\n

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\n\tFrom there, the center\u2019s exhibition manager signed off on the arrival of the packages, which would not be unwrapped until the following Monday. The works, which were still under video surveillance, sat unopened all weekend, with no unusual disturbances recorded. At 8:30 a.m. on October 6, the unpacking process began, but it wasn\u2019t until midmorning once all the pieces were set about the exhibition room that the manager noticed the Picasso wasn\u2019t there, according to CNN. The team then headed to the local police force.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cAn investigation is currently underway, and the investigation is attempting to determine when and where the painting disappeared,\u201d Granada police told the publication in a statement.<\/p>\n

\n\tStill Life with Guitar, which is currently owned by a private collector, is ensured for about $700,000, or 600,000 euros, the CajaGranada Foundation told Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tEven though all eyes are usually on Pablo Picasso<\/a>\u2019s famed paintings, that doesn\u2019t mean one doesn\u2019t go missing or get snatched on occasion. An oil painting that was discovered on a junk site in Capri<\/a> over 60 years ago may have turned out to be an original Picasso, and two pieces were stolen from the artist\u2019s granddaughter back in February 2007, among other various incidents. Hopefully, though, Still Life with Guitar won\u2019t be missing for long.<\/p>\n

\tAuthors<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\"Nicole<\/p>\n

\t\tNicole Hoey<\/p>\n

Digital Editor<\/p>\n

Nicole Hoey is Robb Report’s digital editor. While studying at Boston University, she read, wrote and read some more as an English and journalism major. A class taught by a Boston Globe copy editor\u2026<\/p>\n

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