US court revives case surrounding a Nazi-looted painting in Madrid museum
The future ownership of a French impressionist painting, once stolen by the Nazis from a Jewish woman, is once again uncertain after the US Supreme...
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The ‘lost Caravaggio’ goes on display at the Prado museum in Madrid
A painting by the Italian master Caravaggio, once mistakenly thought to be by an unknown artist and almost auctioned off, has gone on display at...
Spanish police recover 4th of five Francis Bacon paintings stolen in Madrid in 2015
Spain’s National Police have recovered the fourth of five paintings by Irish-born painter Francis Bacon that were stolen from a Madrid apartment in 2015. A...
Prado Museum confirms rediscovery of lost Caravaggio, to be unveiled 27 May
A painting whose auction in Spain was halted in 2021 on suspicion that it might be a long lost Caravaggio has been confirmed as a work...
Catalan police dismantle syndicate that allegedly sold fake Banksy art
Police in Catalonia, the Mossos d’Esquadra, said on Thursday that they had dismantled a ring which allegedly falsified works by British street artist Banksy, and...
Art Galleries of Catalunya’s ‘GAC Awards’
The GAC Awards are organised by the association Galeries d’Art de Catalunya and were held recently at the Macba, as part of the Gallery Night,...
New museum in Madrid, the Royal Collections Gallery, opens end of June
A new museum packed with hundreds of treasures collected by Spain’s monarchs over the past 500 years is set to open in Madrid this month....
Catalan police return stolen Dalí drawings to their owners
The Catalan police, the Mossos d’Esquadra, have recovered two 100-year-old charcoal drawings by surrealist master Salvador Dalí valued at €300,000, and returned them to their owners, they announced...
Ukrainian art on display at Madrid museum after defying Russian bombs
Many modern artworks removed from Kyiv to protect them from Russian bombs – that have already done huge damage to Ukraine’s cultural heritage – have gone...
Climate activists splash fake ‘blood and oil’ on exhibits at the Egyptian Museum of Barcelona
Climate activists splashed a viscous liquid representing ‘blood and oil’ over the glass case housing a replica mummy at Barcelona’s Egyptian Museum on Sunday in...
