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
Spanish police find painting believed to be €600,000 Picasso masterpiece that disappeared en route to Andalucia
POLICE investigating the disappearance of a tiny €600,000 painting by master artist Pablo Picasso believe they have finally located the missing work. Naturaleza muerta con
Spain to investigate 17 state museum collections for ‘links to colonialism’: Plan is branded ‘woke’ by opposition leaders
SOME 17 state museum collections will be investigated in Spain for their ‘links to colonialism’ in a move branded ‘woke’ by conservatives. Led by the
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
WATCH: Art and Spanish cuisine for world leaders as Prado Museum hosts NATO dinner in Madrid
NATO country leaders and guests were treated to the spectacular combination of the greatest art in Spain’s history combined with the best of the nation’s
Spain saves suspected long-lost Caravaggio masterpiece for the nation after it was almost sold off for €1,500 at auction
SPAIN has granted protected status to a small oil painting that was on the verge of being sold for a mere €1,500 before an expert
Madrid’s Retiro Park and Paseo del Prado awarded UNESCO World Heritage Status
THE CITY of Madrid will appear on the list of world heritage sites for the first time after its Retiro Park and Paseo del Prado
Spain halts auction of painting that could be long-lost masterpiece by Caravaggio
SPAIN’S Culture Ministry imposed a last minute export ban on an oil painting that was nearly sold for €1,500 in a bid to determine whether
Satanism, male lovers and family abandonment…the alleged lesser known side of Spain’s maestro Francisco Goya
Goya had a chequered start to his career as an artist
Spain’s Prado fuses tech with art in first official museum guide for Android and iOS phones
THE Museo Nacional del Prado, in collaboration with Samsung, has created a mobile application that contains a guide to the most outstanding works on display
Oscar-winning British actor Jeremy Irons in Spain to present his new documentary about Madrid’s Prado Museum
He is presenting the documentary, Painters and Kings of the Prado
British artist Mat Collishaw talks Brexit, Goya and the Bible from new exhibition in Madrid
A contemporary of Hirst at Goldsmith’s, Mat became the talk of the art world in 1988 when he exhibited Bullet Hole at the collective Young
Madrid’s Prado Museum displays its first-ever exhibition by a solo artist
With 15 of her paintings on display, 17th century Flemish painter Clara Peeters is the first female artist to have a solo exhibition
Spanish monarchs’ collection of secret nudes goes on display in the USA
Saucy collection of Spanish nude paintings makes its way to the USA.
Salman Rushdie in new Hieronymus Bosch documentary
British author stars in documentary mark 500th anniversary of Prado artist’s death
Madrid’s El Prado denies claims over ‘fake’ Hieronymus Bosch masterpiece
Brawl over ‘fake’ Hieronymus Bosch painting in El Prado
Spanish art director lands top job at National Gallery in London
Deputy Director for Collections and Research at Madrid’s Prado Museum will take over in London in August
Spanish artist making a habit of sleeping rough
Eugenio Ampudia has recently spent the night outside the contemporary art museum Gas Natural Fensa of A Coruna
Prado to loan paintings to new Durham gallery
An art lover has converted a former Barclays bank in Durham and wants to loan Prado paintings to celebrate Spain's 'golden age'
Spain can’t afford to exhibit Freud’s paintings
Insurance costs for Lucian Freud’s works are too high for Spanish galleries
Madrid’s Prado Museum pins recovery hopes on artist’s homecoming
Since the onset of the recession it has struggled to fill its new rooms as it faced slashed government subsidies
PP’s plan to bring the Prado to Malaga
The proposals have been labelled as 'unclear' by PSOE
Mona Lisa’s Spanish twin
Experts believe they have uncovered a version that was painted at the very same time
An American in Madrid
Hannah takes in some of the sights in Spain's capital