There are four Picasso-designed murals on the walls of the Regjeringskvartalet, or "Government Quarter," buildings in Norway. Executed by Norwegian artist Carl Nesjar, they represent Picasso's first foray into concrete murals. They range in size from The Fisherman, a 42-foot-long scene that takes up an entire wall of the low-slung Y-block building, to The Beach, which is carved into an interior wall of the H-block building.

Of course, wanting to remove these paintings have caused some ruckus. Art experts believe that they'll be corrupted by a new location. "[They] are not like paintings that you can easily take down and move around," Claudia Andrieu of the Picasso Administration recently told The Wall Street Journal. "[Picasso] made those works for these particular buildings and not any other." She added, "It is unbelievable that the report recommended tearing down these buildings without contacting us."



The H-block and Y-block buildings represent prime examples of the classic, once-fashionable Brutalist style by Norwegian architect Erling Viksjo. 

Public opinion is divided about what to do here. Should the government spend more money to restore it, or destroy it and build another? Where will Picasso's art reside at the next time round? [WSJ Images via Wikipedia]