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Fake Picasso and Palencia works are rumbled in Spain: Fraudsters were selling pieces for €13.5 million

Spanish police launch investigation after €600,000 Picasso painting disappears en route to Andalucia

AN investigation has been launched into the disappearance of a tiny painting by legendary Spanish artist Pablo Picasso, which vanished en route to an exhibition

17 Oct, 2025 @ 13:40

Crime & Law·La Cultura·Lead

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

24 Aug, 2023 @ 13:30

La Cultura·Other News

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 of

17 Dec, 2022 @ 12:45

La Cultura·Lead·Malaga

LIFE AND DEATH OF FRANCISCO GOYA- Mystery, life-changing illness that robbed him of hearing has roots in Andalucia

The sexually transmitted disease has been fingered by numerous art historians as one of the most likely causes of the succession of tortuous illnesses suffered

16 Apr, 2021 @ 10:00

La Cultura·Lead

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International mystery of Spanish rebel’s €10,000 artwork that was ‘lost in the post’ then found at UK auction house

SPANISH police have tracked down a valuable piece or art by renowned Spanish artist Joan Miro that had been missing since in got ‘lost in

6 Sep, 2020 @ 11:35

Barcelona·Lead·Mallorca

Virgin on the ridiculous: restorer in Spain wrecks 17th century picture of Mary

A BUNGLING restorer has wrecked a 17th century painting not once but twice. The owner of the copy of The Immaculate Conception of Los Venerables

23 Jun, 2020 @ 15:44

Costa Blanca·Lead

Italian woman wins Picasso painting worth €1 million from €100 raffle ticket

AN Italian woman has won a Picasso painting that’s worth €1 million in a raffle.

22 May, 2020 @ 14:07

La Cultura·Lead

Cave painting thought to be 5,000 years old found in Spanish cave

It comes after the discovery of what has been dubbed the ‘Spanish Stonehenge’ in Extremadura this summer

7 Dec, 2019 @ 17:59

La Cultura·Lead

Claire Leibovich delivers a masterclass on Spain’s most astronomically-priced paintings you can’t afford

Les Femmes d´Algers (Version O) set a world record price when it was sold for US$179 million (€125 million) at Christie's New York in 2015

25 May, 2019 @ 09:00

La Cultura·Lead

Invaluable 16th Century Titian painting torn after falling from wall in Madrid

Conservation experts from the Museo del Prado, to mend the ‘considerable horizontal tear’

20 Oct, 2018 @ 15:30

La Cultura·Lead·National News

British artist’s Ronda inspired work to go on show

David Bomberg lived in the Spanish mountain town from 1934-35 and from 1956 until just before his death in 1957, and painted some of his

12 May, 2017 @ 13:28

La Cultura·Lead·Malaga

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

Bartolome Esteban Murillo’s masterpiece coming back to Spain 200 years after it was stolen

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo’s San Pedro Penitente De Los Venerables is returning to Sevilla years after French troops swiped it in 1810

4 Mar, 2016 @ 13:28

Crime & Law·La Cultura·Sevilla

Picasso painting seized by French police in illegal exportation attempt in Corsica

With an estimated worth of €26.2 million, the painting was deemed a Spanish cultural treasure and prohibited from leaving the country

5 Aug, 2015 @ 12:35

Crime & Law·La Cultura·Lead

First ever surrealist Dali painting dates to before he was born

The bizarre surrealist inscribed the painting with a fake date

26 May, 2014 @ 14:20

La Cultura·Other News

Van Gogh painting discovered by tax inspectors revealed as fake

The excitement over the finding spread quickly, but now an expert has confirmed it is just a 'terrible fake'

21 May, 2014 @ 12:53

Tax inspectors uncover missing ‘Van Gogh’ painting in Spain

The painting reportedly disappeared from a Vienna museum 40 years ago, but some experts aren't convinced

12 May, 2014 @ 18:35

Lead·National News

Expat artist enjoys sweet smell of success

After 18 years on the Costa del Sol, Nancy Holt finally unveils her first solo art exhibition

27 Feb, 2014 @ 18:04

La Cultura·Malaga

El Greco painting sells for nearly €1 million at Bonhams

Spanish Renaissance painting by El Greco fetches ten times its pre-sale estimate at auction in London

17 Dec, 2012 @ 13:05

Fresco fiasco in Spanish town

In a botched restoration project, an elderly resident of Borja destroyed a 19th century church painting of Christ

25 Aug, 2012 @ 09:00

National News

Four arrested in Sevilla for trying to sell fake Picasso

Antiques dealer attempted to flog the painting for €1 million several times

20 Jul, 2012 @ 15:08

Sevilla

Spanish baroness Carmen Thyssen selling Constable painting

The renowned art collector is hoping to fetch €30 million for The Lock, claiming 'I need the money'

6 Jun, 2012 @ 16:09

Lead·Malaga

Torrox artist opens exhibition

Self-taught artist Margaret Riordan will be showcasing her work at Taberna del Choto in Torrox

5 Feb, 2012 @ 09:28

La Cultura

Picasso’s stolen art discovered in Serbia

Two paintings worth millions have been recovered in Belgrade after a three year investigation

27 Oct, 2011 @ 10:20

National News

Priceless Leonardo Da Vinci painting comes to Spain

Lady with an Ermine to go on display behind bullet-proof glass

3 Jun, 2011 @ 10:10

Million euro Spanish Goya find

An eighteenth century religious painting has been revealed as an early work of Goya

23 Jan, 2011 @ 09:00

La Cultura

Spanish police launch investigation after €600,000 Picasso painting disappears en route to Andalucia

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

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

LIFE AND DEATH OF FRANCISCO GOYA- Mystery, life-changing illness that robbed him of hearing has roots in Andalucia

International mystery of Spanish rebel’s €10,000 artwork that was ‘lost in the post’ then found at UK auction house

Virgin on the ridiculous: restorer in Spain wrecks 17th century picture of Mary

Italian woman wins Picasso painting worth €1 million from €100 raffle ticket

Cave painting thought to be 5,000 years old found in Spanish cave

Claire Leibovich delivers a masterclass on Spain’s most astronomically-priced paintings you can’t afford

Invaluable 16th Century Titian painting torn after falling from wall in Madrid

British artist’s Ronda inspired work to go on show

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

Bartolome Esteban Murillo’s masterpiece coming back to Spain 200 years after it was stolen

Picasso painting seized by French police in illegal exportation attempt in Corsica

First ever surrealist Dali painting dates to before he was born

Van Gogh painting discovered by tax inspectors revealed as fake

Tax inspectors uncover missing ‘Van Gogh’ painting in Spain

Expat artist enjoys sweet smell of success

El Greco painting sells for nearly €1 million at Bonhams

Fresco fiasco in Spanish town

Four arrested in Sevilla for trying to sell fake Picasso

Spanish baroness Carmen Thyssen selling Constable painting

Torrox artist opens exhibition

Picasso’s stolen art discovered in Serbia

Priceless Leonardo Da Vinci painting comes to Spain

Million euro Spanish Goya find

MULLINS IT OVER: Learning to tango with Spanish bureaucrats… and when that fails, get back to work

A National Hero: This week in 2006, Fernando Alonso won his second consecutive Formula One World Championship. MICHAEL COY ponders the importance of professional sport in our lives.

LIFE IN SPAIN: A tale of three Spanish exiles

Passing police officer heroically bursts into Estepona apartment and stops woman from throwing herself off the balcony

The clocks go backwards in Spain this weekend – but will it be for the last time?