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Billionaire who smuggled Picasso painting out of Spain avoids prison because of ‘serious incurable disease’
ONE of Spain's richest men will not go to prison for smuggling a Picasso painting out of the country because he's dying. Ex-Santander Bank vice-president,...
Picasso branded ‘woman abuser’ in protest at Barcelona museum dedicated to Spain’s most famous artist
By Nickacia Forrester The Picasso Museum in Barcelona was the scene of a protest when a group of art students took “silent action” to expose...
PICASSO: Spain’s most famous artist was a rogue when it came to love
As the Picasso Museum unveils a new photo exhibition into the life of the artist, Eloise Horsfield takes a look at the colourful man behind the masterpieces and the many tragic, unfortunate women in his life
A 1.2 million Picasso on sale at the first Mayoral gallery exhibition in Spain’s Madrid
THE first exposition from the Mayoral gallery in Madrid, ‘Zóbel and great postwar artists’, inaugurated this Thursday, March 11. The display runs until March 21...
Self-proclaimed young anarchist from Spain’s Murcia region gets jailed for Picasso attack in London
A 20-YEAR-OLD student from the Murcia region was jailed for 18 months after he vandalised a Picasso painting at London's Tate Modern gallery. San Javier-based...
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.
Legendary Spanish artist Pablo Picasso’s work going on sale in London for as little as €6,300
PICASSO’S works have gone on sale for as low as €6,300.
Billionaire who smuggled priceless Picasso out of Spain on yacht has prison sentence doubled to three years and fine...
Prosecutors on the case accused Botin of ordering the captain of his yacht to ‘hide it from authorities’ as it left the port of Valencia
TOTAL BANKER: Billionaire handed €52.4 million fine after botched attempt at smuggling priceless Picasso painting out of Spain...
Picasso completed Head of a Young Woman in his pre-Cubist phase, with the painting snapped up by Botin in London in 1977
British man arrested after ‘ripping’ €23.5 million Picasso painting depicting Spanish artist’s lover Dora Maar
Malaga-born Pablo Picasso created the piece, which portrays his lover Dora Maar in Nazi-occupied Paris
Picasso Museum to remain open on All Saints Day, in Spain’s Andaluica
Visitors who come will find a collection with more than a hundred works by Picasso, marked in chronological order, in a presentation that reveals the unbelievable catalogue of the artist's work over time.
UN apologies after attributing Guernica bombing to Spain’s republican forces who were in fact victims of the massacre
UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said the error was a ‘horrendous mistake.’
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
You can now buy a Picasso-inspired print by Rolling Stones star Ronnie Wood
The prints by the rock legend are now on sale, with 50 copies of the 'Abstract Stones' version one available for €1,750 a piece
DON’T GET SPOOKED: Five gruesome mysteries remain unsolved in Spain this Halloween
Suicide, UFOs, disappearance, murder, mutilation - these unsolved mysteries are guaranteed to get Halloween off with a scream!
Malaga exhibition combines illustration, music and stories to remember Picasso’s untold connection to flamenco
The works tell the fascinating tales of the Cubism maestro’s real encounters with characters Piyayo, Trini and Juan Breva
Malaga-born Picasso’s ‘hidden mistress’ becomes most expensive piece sold at European auction
A PAINTING by Spanish artist Picasso has smashed estimates to reach the highest auction price paid for art in Europe in pounds. His portrait of...
This Malaga Museum is the most visited in Andalucia
THE PICASSO Museum has once again been crowned the most visited museum in Andalucia. More than 635,000 people enjoyed its offerings in 2017, a similar...
Picasso’s Guernica revisited: The Malagueno artist’s perplexing masterpiece
Almost as famous for his biting wit as his artistic prowess, when a German Gestapo officer looking at Guernica asked him, ‘Did you do this?’, Picasso is said to have retorted, ‘No, you did’.
Spanish Civil War Expo pavilion restaged in London
The Spanish Pavilion of the 1937 Paris International World's Fair, which showcased Pablo Picasso’s Guernica and Joan Miro’s The Reaper for the first time in public, has been recreated in London
Record-breaking Picasso painting Femme Assise sold at Sotheby’s auction for €56m
The record for any Picasso is €162 million
Sotheby’s set to auction iconic Picasso painting for €35 million
Experts call it the most important Cubist painting in decades
75% of Brits choose Spain as favourite holiday destination
A massive 75% of Brits prefer holidays in Spain to anywhere else
Malaysian owner of Picasso’s ‘Women of Algiers’ embroiled in The Wolf of Wall Street funding scandal
The owner of the world’s most expensive painting is caught up in Hollywood scandal
Top rainy day activities near the Costa del Sol
We've rounded up some of the best easy-reach, rainy day spots to prove there is much more to do here than just hit the beach
Actor Brian Blessed throws away original Picasso sketch
Not so Blessed, the actor effectively threw away €70 million
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