BCN’s Fundación MAPFRE focuses on US photographer
Barcelona’s Fundación MAPFRE opens a new exhibition featuring the work of US photographer Berenice Abbott (1898-1991) on 20 February. The show is entitled ‘Berenice Abbott. Portraits...
February 2019
Barcelona gets ready for Buenos Aires book fair
‘Barcelona, literary city‘ is the slogan under which the Catalan capital will take part in the Buenos Aires International Book Fair, which takes place from...
Museo Thyssen hosts Balthus retrospective
Madrid’s Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza opens a major retrospective on the work of artist Balthasar Klossowski de Role (1908-2001), who was known as Balthus, on 19...
Catalan Trial week 2: what to expect
The trial of the Catalan pro-independence leaders enters its second week on Tuesday. After the preliminary questions and the testimonies of two of the prosecuted...
Gibraltar accuses Spanish warship of ‘childish behaviour’
Gibraltar has accused Madrid of ‘childish behaviour’ after a Spanish warship ordered commercial vessels to move from British-controlled waters near the tiny territory. It is...
‘Idomeneo’ opera opens at Madrid’s Teatro Real
On 19 February, Madrid’s Teatro Real premieres a new version of Mozart‘s Idomeneo, Rè di Creta, a co-production with the Canadian Opera Company of Toronto and...
Spanish master Bermejo arrives in Barcelona
Some 21 oil paintings by the 15th-century Spanish master painter, Bartolomé Bermejo, have gone on display at the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (MNAC) as part...
Taiwan protests Spain deportations to China
Taiwan has hit out at Spain after two Taiwanese fraud suspects were deported to China despite objections from the government in Taipei and human rights groups. Returning...
Spanish victims of church sex abuse speak out
A trickle of accusations of sexual abuse against priests in schools and seminaries is starting to erode the wall of silence in Catholic Spain, whose...
Cantabria hit with 50 fires
Regional authorities in northern Spain have said they are battling around 50 fires, some of which were deliberately set. By last night, 48 fires were...
