Plans to establish a new Guggenheim Museum outpost in Guernica and the Urdaibai biosphere reserve in Spain have ignited controversy. While supporters argue that the development could rejuvenate Spain’s northern Basque region economically and culturally – particularly given that the Guggenheim’s Bilbao flagship is lauded as a key factor in the city’s economic and social transformation – critics have expressed concerns about potential harm to the protected natural area. The proposed museum would be located across two sites: one in the town of Guernica (famous not least for the eponymous Picasso …