Jenny Lam<p>Pablo Picasso, “Massacre in Korea” (1951), oil on plywood, new exhibition “Picasso for Asia” at M+ <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Museum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Museum</span></a>, which I finally visited for the first time today. The piece was inspired by reports of American atrocities in the Korean War like the No Gun Ri Massacre, when U.S. soldiers massacred Korean refugees. It is a powerful, anti-war <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/painting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>painting</span></a>.</p><p>Shaken by the bombing of the town of Guernica in Spain, Picasso created several works to express his</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/HongKong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HongKong</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/FediArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FediArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Travel</span></a></p>