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Aug 2021
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The Picasso in Exile - Art Mysteries, Ep...

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Pablo Picasso’s most famous work, the anti-war mural called Guernica, is returned to Spain under a veil of secrecy after 44 years outside the country during the Franco dictatorship.

A transcript of this episode is available at https://bit.ly/34q7ffG.

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