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Paul White / AP
A technician works as a camera mounted on a mobile robot-like structure moves across Pablo Picasso's 'Guernica' painting at the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid on Feb. 21, 2012.
Paul White / AP
A technician looks at images on a screen as a camera moves across the painting.
Every night after Madrid's Reina Sofia museum shuts its doors, a giant robotic machine is dragged out to resume a painstaking examination of one of the world's most iconic paintings.
Pablo Picasso's masterpiece "Guernica" is getting a full health check as it marks its 75th anniversary.
The machine — dubbed 'Pablito' — is taking tens of thousands of microscopic shots of the 291-sq. foot painting to allow experts to penetrate the work like never before and see its real condition after a hectic life traveling the globe.
— Read the full report by The Associated Press.
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I'm not a huge Picasso fan...but having stood in front of and studied this painting in this wonderful museum....it is both haunting to observe as well as the creation of a genius. I was absolutely overwhelmed.
Sure they can provide a health check-up for a stupid painting !!!!!!!
But they can not provide simple health care for us. Something is wrong here.
Why would Spain provide healthcare for us?
youreallcntrlled
My comment was meant as a swipe at our beloved congress . They think more about fattening their wallets than we the people. Besides Spain is about ready to go belly up just like Greece. So how can they afford to health a painting ????
bob
Why?