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Catalan police return stolen Dalí drawings to their owners

News Desk19th February 202322nd February 2023

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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

News Desk29th November 20226th December 2022

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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

News Desk14th November 202221st November 2022

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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

Madrid’s Prado Museum to investigate if art was confiscated during Franco regime

News Desk22nd September 202228th September 2022

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Madrid’s El Prado Museum is investigating the provenance of 62 works of art in its collection to determine whether some of them derive from confiscations

Picasso sketch worth €450,000 seized by customs officials at Ibiza airport

News Desk18th July 202226th July 2022

18th July 202226th July 20221758

Spanish customs officials seized a Pablo Picasso sketch worth over €450,000 from a passenger who arrived at Ibiza airport without declaring the artwork, the country’s

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The essence of a painting: an olfactory exhibition at the Prado Museum

Andrew Kaye16th May 202223rd May 2022

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The new Prado exhibition smells just as sweet as it appears. In Shakespeare’s words, Juliet Capulet famously asks, ‘What’s in a name? That which we

Queen Letizia and Prince Charles inaugurate ‘Spanish Gallery’ in UK

News Desk6th April 202211th April 2022

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Queen Letizia of Spain accompanied Prince Charles for the inauguration of the first UK museum dedicated exclusively to Spanish art on Tuesday, which is also part of

Spanish police retrieve final part of tapestry stolen by ‘Erik the Belgian’ in 1980

News Desk21st February 202228th February 2022

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Agents of Spain’s National Police specialising in historical heritage have recovered the last part of a 17th-century Flemish tapestry that was stolen 42 years ago

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‘Banksy: the Art of Protest’ exhibition in Barcelona

Shane Broderick22nd November 202129th November 2021

22nd November 202129th November 20212744

A new Banksy exhibition entitled ‘Banksy: the Art of Protest’ is on at Barcelona’s Museu del Disseny and displays over 70 works from the elusive

Over 50 exhibitions form part of the ‘Art Galleries of Catalonia’ new programme

Features10th October 202110th October 2021

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The Art Galleries of Catalonia (GAC) is a non-profit association dedicated to the communication, support and promotion of the visual arts in Catalonia, representing more

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