Decius wrote:
] NEW YORK.- The "Guernica" work by Pablo Picasso at the
] entrance of the Security Council of the United Nations has
] been covered with a curtain. The reason for covering this work
] is that this is the place where diplomats make statements to
] the press and have this work as the background. The Picasso
] work features the horrors of war. On January 27 a large blue
] curtain was placed to cover the work.
]
] A diplomat stated that it would not be an appropriate
] background if the ambassador of the United States at the U.N.
] John Negroponte, or Powell, talk about war surrounded with
] women, children and animals shouting with horror and showing
] the suffering of the bombings.

I'm not certain, but I believe that this is a link to the image in question:

  http://www.aestheticrealism.org/GUERNICA_dk.htm

A closeup of one section is here:

  http://www.impressionism.ru/images/Picasso/guernica.jpg

And a lengthier article with more background, in the Washington Times here:

  http://www.washtimes.com/world/20030203-13680812.htm

RE: Guernica Reproduction Covered at UN