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Madrid’s refusal to loan Picasso’s ‘Guernica’ to Bilbao fuels political tensions

News Desk7th April 202613th April 2026

7th April 202613th April 20261336

A growing political and cultural dispute has erupted in Spain over whether Pablo Picasso’s iconic anti-war painting Guernica should be temporarily moved from Madrid to...

Plans to extend Bilbao Guggenheim near to protected nature reserve dropped

News Desk22nd December 202529th December 2025

22nd December 202529th December 2025860

Plans to expand the Guggenheim Museum from the northern Spanish city of Bilbao into a nearby protected nature reserve have been abandoned following sustained opposition...

‘Vanished’ Picasso painting found safely in Spain amid questions over possible transport blunder

News Desk24th October 202528th October 2025

24th October 202528th October 20251378

Spanish police said on Friday that a Pablo Picasso artwork which went missing while being transported to an exhibition has been recovered – prompting questions...

Police probe disappearance of Picasso painting en route from Madrid to Granada for an exhibition

News Desk16th October 202521st October 2025

16th October 202521st October 20251263

Spain’s National Police are investigating the disappearance of a Picasso painting insured for €600,000, that was supposed to be transported from Madrid to Granada (Andalusia)...

US court revives case surrounding a Nazi-looted painting in Madrid museum

News Desk12th March 202517th March 2025

12th March 202517th March 20256202

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...

The ‘lost Caravaggio’ goes on display at the Prado museum in Madrid

News Desk27th May 20244th June 2024

27th May 20244th June 20245208

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

News Desk23rd May 20244th June 2024

23rd May 20244th June 20244488

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

News Desk6th May 202427th May 2024

6th May 202427th May 20244406

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

News Desk8th March 202413th March 2024

8th March 202413th March 20243816

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’

News Desk26th July 202326th July 2023

26th July 202326th July 20231908

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,...

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