Trade unionists say scheme to alter art school in Barcelona’s Gothic quarter would benefit tourists rather than residentsTrade unions in Barcelona are fighting to prevent Pablo Picasso’s former art school being turned into a museum devoted to the film director Woody Allen,which they say would hold more appeal for the city’s legions of tourists than for its residents.
The Escola d’Arts i Oficis de Barcelona, which is owned by the regional government, and stands in the Carrer Avinyó in the city’s Gothic quarter and was immortalised in Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (The Young Ladies of Avignon).
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Source: theguardian.com