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Spain to investigate 17 state museum collections for ‘links to colonialism’: Plan is branded ‘woke’ by opposition leaders

SOME 17 state museum collections will be investigated in Spain for their ‘links to colonialism’ in a move branded ‘woke’ by conservatives. Led by the Ministry of Culture, the project is currently

23 Jan, 2024 @ 12:10

La Cultura·Lead·Other News

Spain’s world-famous Prado Museum to open its doors to public on Saturday nights

FROM SATURDAY, Spain’s world-famous Prado Museum will be opening its doors on a Saturday evening, as part of a new project called ‘The Prado at Night’. The public will be able to

28 Feb, 2023 @ 18:00

La Cultura·Lead·Madrid

WATCH: Art and Spanish cuisine for world leaders as Prado Museum hosts NATO dinner in Madrid

NATO country leaders and guests were treated to the spectacular combination of the greatest art in Spain’s history combined with the best of the nation’s dishes as they gathered at Madrid’s Prado

30 Jun, 2022 @ 11:30

Lead·Madrid·Politics·Premium

Spain saves suspected long-lost Caravaggio masterpiece for the nation after it was almost sold off for €1,500 at auction

SPAIN has granted protected status to a small oil painting that was on the verge of being sold for a mere €1,500 before an expert stepped in with the suspicion that it

27 Dec, 2021 @ 10:30

La Cultura·Lead·National News

Paseo Del Prado And Buen Retiro Nominated For The Unesco World Heritage Site In Madrid, Spain 23 Jul 2021

Madrid’s Retiro Park and Paseo del Prado awarded UNESCO World Heritage Status

THE CITY of Madrid will appear on the list of world heritage sites for the first time after its Retiro Park and Paseo del Prado was awarded the coveted status by UNESCO.

26 Jul, 2021 @ 10:30

La Cultura·Lead·Madrid

Spain halts auction of painting that could be long-lost masterpiece by Caravaggio

SPAIN’S Culture Ministry imposed a last minute export ban on an oil painting that was nearly sold for €1,500 in a bid to determine whether it could be a long-lost masterpiece by

9 Apr, 2021 @ 13:30

La Cultura·Lead·Madrid·Other News

Satanism, male lovers and family abandonment…the alleged lesser known side of Spain’s maestro Francisco Goya

Goya had a chequered start to his career as an artist

2 Apr, 2021 @ 12:45

La Cultura·Lead

Spain’s Prado fuses tech with art in first official museum guide for Android and iOS phones

THE Museo Nacional del Prado, in collaboration with Samsung, has created a mobile application that contains a guide to the most outstanding works on display at the Madrid museum. Art lovers will

26 Oct, 2020 @ 12:00

La Cultura·Other News

Oscar-winning British actor Jeremy Irons in Spain to present his new documentary about Madrid’s Prado Museum

He is presenting the documentary, Painters and Kings of the Prado

28 Dec, 2019 @ 13:48

La Cultura·Lead

British artist Mat Collishaw talks Brexit, Goya and the Bible from new exhibition in Madrid

A contemporary of Hirst at Goldsmith’s, Mat became the talk of the art world in 1988 when he exhibited Bullet Hole at the collective Young British Artists exhibition, Freeze

28 Apr, 2019 @ 17:05

La Cultura·Lead

Madrid’s Prado Museum displays its first-ever exhibition by a solo artist

With 15 of her paintings on display, 17th century Flemish painter Clara Peeters is the first female artist to have a solo exhibition

15 Dec, 2016 @ 15:37

La Cultura·Lead·National News

Nudes CAPTION Titian Venus with an Organist and Cupid

Spanish monarchs’ collection of secret nudes goes on display in the USA

Saucy collection of Spanish nude paintings makes its way to the USA.

1 Aug, 2016 @ 15:34

La Cultura·National News

Salman Rushdie in new Hieronymus Bosch documentary

British author stars in documentary mark 500th anniversary of Prado artist’s death

25 May, 2016 @ 11:25

Celebrity·Lead

Madrid’s El Prado denies claims over ‘fake’ Hieronymus Bosch masterpiece

Brawl over ‘fake’ Hieronymus Bosch painting in El Prado

11 Nov, 2015 @ 21:22

La Cultura

Spanish art director lands top job at National Gallery in London

Deputy Director for Collections and Research at Madrid’s Prado Museum will take over in London in August

19 Apr, 2015 @ 14:00

La Cultura·Lead

Spanish artist making a habit of sleeping rough

Eugenio Ampudia has recently spent the night outside the contemporary art museum Gas Natural Fensa of A Coruna

26 Mar, 2015 @ 12:34

La Cultura

Prado to loan paintings to new Durham gallery

An art lover has converted a former Barclays bank in Durham and wants to loan Prado paintings to celebrate Spain's 'golden age'

6 Nov, 2014 @ 09:30

Spain can’t afford to exhibit Freud’s paintings

Insurance costs for Lucian Freud’s works are too high for Spanish galleries

8 Feb, 2014 @ 18:00

La Cultura·National News

Madrid’s Prado Museum pins recovery hopes on artist’s homecoming

Since the onset of the recession it has struggled to fill its new rooms as it faced slashed government subsidies

10 Oct, 2013 @ 06:00

Lead·National News

PP’s plan to bring the Prado to Malaga

The proposals have been labelled as 'unclear' by PSOE

1 Mar, 2012 @ 12:38

Malaga

Mona Lisa’s Spanish twin

Experts believe they have uncovered a version that was painted at the very same time

8 Feb, 2012 @ 12:20

La Cultura

An American in Madrid

Hannah takes in some of the sights in Spain's capital

19 Jan, 2011 @ 09:39

Hannah's España - An American in Spain