From Paris last week came word that UNESCO has commissioned six of the world's leading artists to adorn its new headquarters. One of the biggest commissions, for a conference room mural covering 1,100 sq. ft., was by no means likely to please some of UNESCO's more vociferous U.S. critics; it went to Millionaire Communist Pablo Picasso.
In all. the artists' contribution to the curved concrete structure in Paris will be as international as UNESCO. Britain's Sculptor Henry Moore will do a figure for the main piazza, and French Jean Arp will do a bas-relief for the library. Spain's Joan Miro will also...