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Billionaire Who Smuggled Picasso Masterpiece Out Of Spain Avoids Prison Because Of 'serious Incurable Disease'

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,

10 Nov, 2021 @ 19:30

Crime & Law·La Cultura·Lead

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

12 Jun, 2021 @ 15:00

Barcelona·Catalunya·La Cultura·Lead

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

28 Mar, 2021 @ 16:00

La Cultura·Lead·Malaga

Art Revolutionaries At The Mayoral Gallery

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

13 Mar, 2021 @ 10:00

La Cultura·Lead·Other News

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

27 Aug, 2020 @ 16:21

Costa Blanca·Mar Menor

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

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.

12 Mar, 2020 @ 12:17

La Cultura·Lead

Billionaire who smuggled priceless Picasso out of Spain on yacht has prison sentence doubled to three years and fine increased to €92 million

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

5 Feb, 2020 @ 08:31

Crime & Law·La Cultura·Lead

TOTAL BANKER: Billionaire handed €52.4 million fine after botched attempt at smuggling priceless Picasso painting out of Spain on yacht

Picasso completed Head of a Young Woman in his pre-Cubist phase, with the painting snapped up by Botin in London in 1977

17 Jan, 2020 @ 10:31

Crime & Law·La Cultura·Lead

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

1 Jan, 2020 @ 17:30

Crime & Law·La Cultura·Lead·National News

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

30 Oct, 2019 @ 14:14

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.’

21 Sep, 2019 @ 10:00

La Cultura·Lead·National News

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

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

4 May, 2019 @ 10:00

Celebrity·La Cultura·Lead

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!

31 Oct, 2018 @ 13:12

Cordoba·Crime & Law·La Cultura·Lead·Malaga·Mallorca·Other News·Sevilla

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

23 Sep, 2018 @ 09:42

La Cultura·Lead

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

5 Mar, 2018 @ 10:47

La Cultura·Lead

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

4 Jan, 2018 @ 11:35

La Cultura·Lead

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?’,

5 May, 2017 @ 20:09

La Cultura·Lead

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

3 Feb, 2017 @ 18:00

La Cultura·Lead

Record-breaking Picasso painting Femme Assise sold at Sotheby’s auction for €56m

The record for any Picasso is €162 million

1 Jul, 2016 @ 11:32

La Cultura·Lead

Sotheby’s set to auction iconic Picasso painting for €35 million

Experts call it the most important Cubist painting in decades

2 Jun, 2016 @ 11:51

La Cultura

75% of Brits choose Spain as favourite holiday destination

A massive 75% of Brits prefer holidays in Spain to anywhere else

26 May, 2016 @ 17:17

Lead·Travel News

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

4 Apr, 2016 @ 13:36

Business & Finance·Crime & Law·La Cultura·Lead

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

14 Mar, 2016 @ 10:20

La Cultura·Lead

Actor Brian Blessed throws away original Picasso sketch

Not so Blessed, the actor effectively threw away €70 million

9 Nov, 2015 @ 12:08

La Cultura·Lead

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Billionaire who smuggled Picasso painting out of Spain avoids prison because of ‘serious incurable disease’

Picasso branded ‘woman abuser’ in protest at Barcelona museum dedicated to Spain’s most famous artist

PICASSO: Spain’s most famous artist was a rogue when it came to love

A 1.2 million Picasso on sale at the first Mayoral gallery exhibition in Spain’s Madrid

Self-proclaimed young anarchist from Spain’s Murcia region gets jailed for Picasso attack in London

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

Legendary Spanish artist Pablo Picasso’s work going on sale in London for as little as €6,300

Billionaire who smuggled priceless Picasso out of Spain on yacht has prison sentence doubled to three years and fine increased to €92 million

TOTAL BANKER: Billionaire handed €52.4 million fine after botched attempt at smuggling priceless Picasso painting out of Spain on yacht

British man arrested after ‘ripping’ €23.5 million Picasso painting depicting Spanish artist’s lover Dora Maar

Picasso Museum to remain open on All Saints Day, in Spain’s Andaluica

UN apologies after attributing Guernica bombing to Spain’s republican forces who were in fact victims of the massacre

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

You can now buy a Picasso-inspired print by Rolling Stones star Ronnie Wood

DON’T GET SPOOKED: Five gruesome mysteries remain unsolved in Spain this Halloween

Malaga exhibition combines illustration, music and stories to remember Picasso’s untold connection to flamenco

Malaga-born Picasso’s ‘hidden mistress’ becomes most expensive piece sold at European auction

This Malaga Museum is the most visited in Andalucia

Picasso’s Guernica revisited: The Malagueno artist’s perplexing masterpiece

Spanish Civil War Expo pavilion restaged in London

Record-breaking Picasso painting Femme Assise sold at Sotheby’s auction for €56m

Sotheby’s set to auction iconic Picasso painting for €35 million

75% of Brits choose Spain as favourite holiday destination

Malaysian owner of Picasso’s ‘Women of Algiers’ embroiled in The Wolf of Wall Street funding scandal

Top rainy day activities near the Costa del Sol

Actor Brian Blessed throws away original Picasso sketch

One third of teenagers between the ages of 15 and 18 in Spain have had sex – and condom use is falling

‘Clearly the coolest language in the world’: Britain’s The Guardian newspaper campaigns for children to learn Spanish instead of French in schools

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