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Visiting Madrid’s iconic Prado museum? Don’t miss these 10 standout works from Spain’s artistic greats

WITH over two and a half million visitors a year, the Prado Museum is the beating heart of Madrid’s rich cultural tradition. Renowned artists such...

More than 151,000 people flock to ‘Picasso as a Sculptor: Matter and Body’ exhibition in Malaga

PICASSO has triumphed once again in his home town, solidifying his enduring legacy as one of Malaga's most celebrated and influential figures. 'Picasso as a...

Singaporean artist creates dazzling ‘flower carpet show’ on streets of Spain’s Barcelona

IN the heart of Barcelona, a Singaporean artist, Vijaya Mohan, has unveiled a rangoli piece that combines the Indian artform with Spanish flowers. The 64-year-old’s...

SOROLLA QUIZ: How much do you know about the renowned artist?

AUGUST 10, 2023 marked 100 years since Joaquin Sorolla passed away. The great impressionist painter is being remembered all over the world including major exhibitions...

Local artists host street photography exhibition of UK cities Manchester, London, Bristol and more

LOCAL street photographers have come together to showcase a collection of snaps taken in the heart of British cities. Including places like London, Manchester, Liverpool,...

The works of three British artists to be included at the first ever Moclin Arte festival

AFTER winning an art competition three Brits will have their work shown at the first ever Moclin Arte art festival in Granada. Jayne Stansfield, MA...

Four works of art stolen from a Palma gallery have been recovered in Belgium

FOUR paintings valued at €31,000, stolen from a gallery in Palma have been recovered in Belgium. The stolen pieces included work of Glasgow artist José...

Upcoming art exhibit in Spain’s Frigiliana features abstract work from Cambridge native, Helen Purdie

THE Sala Real 98 art gallery in Frigiliana is presenting a new exhibition: Without Rhyme or Reason by Helen Purdie from August 2nd to...

Exhibitions to celebrate Spain’s Picasso receive more than a million people in first half of the anniversary

THE Picasso Celebration 1973-2023, an initiative promoted by the governments of Spain and France that pays tribute to the artist on the 50th anniversary...

Puerto Banús welcomes Twisted Art Gallery

ART lovers on the Costa del Sol now have the chance to view works by modern greats including mystery artist Banksy. Twisted Art Gallery located...

The Granada coast to host Europe’s largest vertical mural when it is completed in July

Europe's largest vertical mural, on Spain’s south coast, is just weeks away from completion. Covering over 6,000 square metres, Les Rivages de Almuñécar, by the...

Summer workshops for children in Spain’s Picasso Museum

ART galore with creative workshops for children at the Picasso Museum in Malaga this summer. The Museo Picasso Málaga (MPM) has opened the registration period...

Statue of Former King pointing at Madrid’s symbolic bear with a rifle generates controversy

A STATUE of Spanish Former King Juan Carlos I holding a hunting rifle has been erected without permission in Madrid’s Puerta del Sol.  The polyurethane...

No return to Spain with Cuba changing mind over loaning works by great Valencian painter Joaquin Sorolla

SEVEN years of talks with the Cuban government to bring 30 paintings by Valencia artist Joaquin Sorolla back to Spain for an exhibition to...

Ploughs at the ready: Italian artist carves Picasso portrait in field to mark 50th Anniversary

IT'S 50 years since the death of one of Spain’s, and indeed one of the world’s, most venerated artists, Pablo Picasso. In order to...

PICASSO QUIZ: HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ABOUT ART a) Nothing, b) Lots

It’s Picasso Year, in case you hadn’t noticed. April 8, 2023 marks a significant anniversary of the death of the great Spanish modern artist,...

Hot or Not: The Scottish Parliament Building designed by Spanish architect Enric Miralles

AT home, Enric Miralles is seen as one of Spain’s most celebrated architects, with works including the Santa Caterina Market and Natural Gas Building,...

Avant-garde poets of the robotic age Kraftwerk to perform at Sevilla’s Iconic Fest in July

KRAFTWERK, the German grandfathers of electronica beloved by young grandfathers, are set to dazzle a new generation of music lovers in Sevilla’s Iconica festival. Having...

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...

Carmen Thyssen Museum in Spain’s Malaga to celebrate Andalucia Day with open day and free guided tours

THE Museo Carmen Thyssen Malaga is organising a programme of guided tours in conjunction with Andalucia Day, February 28. Andalucia will be interpreted through a...

Century-old Salvador Dali artworks finally found after Barcelona burglary

Two 100-year-old Salvador Dali drawings worth 300,000 euros have been discovered after they were stolen last year in a burglary in Barcelona.  Police made the...

Spain’s Valencia welcomes special art gallery dedicated to the distinctive painter Leonid Afremov

A new art gallery has opened in Valencia named after a modern impressionist artist with the aim of selling affordable works that are very...

‘Unknown to the West’: Madrid to host spectacular Ukranian art exhibition

A special Ukranian art exhibition will be hosted in Madrid at the city’s Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum. The exhibit In the Eye of the Storm: Modernism...

Huge mural art in Spain’s Malaga represents famous piece displayed in Thyssen Museum

ONE of the works belonging to Thyssen Museum's permanent collection has been the inspiration of a new mural art which now decorates a façade...

Russian Museum in Spain’s Malaga filled once again with Russian art thanks to British art collector

THE galleries of the Russian Museum in Malaga once again displays Russian art, but this time without works on loan from the State Museum...

Childhood inspiration: On the trail of the young Pablo Picasso through Spain

AS we approach the 50th anniversary of the death of Pablo Picasso - a series of events are planned for 2023 – it is...

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