Diego Velazquez

BORN TODAY: Margaret Theresa of Spain – the tragic tale of a vulnerable girl at the heart of Velazquez’s greatest work

IS there a birthday in your family this week? Michael Coy has been trawling through the archives, looking for interesting Spanish personalities whose birthday will

12 Jul, 2026 @ 15:24

La Cultura·Lead·On This Day in Spain

ON THIS DAY: The birth of Lorca and Velazquez – and the Holland surrender that inspired a masterpiece

DIEGO Rodriguez De Silva y Velazquez, one of the world’s greatest artists, was baptised in Seville on 6 June of the last year of the

5 Jun, 2026 @ 10:35

La Cultura·Lead·On This Day in Spain

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

28 Feb, 2023 @ 18:00

La Cultura·Lead·Madrid

Police In Spain's Valencia Discover Three 'classic' Fake Paintings Being Sold For €45 Million

Police in Spain’s Valencia recover three ‘classic’ fake paintings being sold for €45 million

VALENCIAN regional police have seized two fake paintings that had been sold for €33 million as well as a third item that was being marketed

10 Nov, 2022 @ 11:37

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Hieronymus Bosch exhibition smashes visitor records at Spain’s Prado museum

Known as El Bosco in Spanish, Bosch has long been a favourite with the public with his 15th century painting, The Garden of Earthly Delights,

9 Oct, 2016 @ 12:10

La Cultura·Lead·National News

Artist nears completion of Spanish royal family portrait after 20 years

Portrait of the King and his family is nearly complete - after more than two decades!

1 Oct, 2014 @ 16:30

BORN TODAY: Margaret Theresa of Spain – the tragic tale of a vulnerable girl at the heart of Velazquez’s greatest work

ON THIS DAY: The birth of Lorca and Velazquez – and the Holland surrender that inspired a masterpiece

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

Police in Spain’s Valencia recover three ‘classic’ fake paintings being sold for €45 million

Hieronymus Bosch exhibition smashes visitor records at Spain’s Prado museum

Artist nears completion of Spanish royal family portrait after 20 years

EXCLUSIVE: ‘We stupidly waited too long’: The haunting final texts of American expat photographer among dozen foreigners dead in Almeria wildfire

From shrunken heads to fleas in clothes: The Miniature Museum on the Costa del Sol is a treasure trove of tiny curiosities

Four dead and several missing after large group attempts to swim from Moroccan coast into Spanish enclave of Ceuta

‘Listen to local authorities’: UK minister offers advice to Brits in Spain and France amid wildfire chaos

Three Spanish nationals arrested in brawl at Gibraltar outdoor swimming pool

Diego Velazquez

Create a free account, or log in.

Upgrade your subscription