Art Archives - Page 2 of 5 - Spain in English

Catalan police return stolen Dalí drawings to their owners

News Desk19th February 202322nd February 2023

19th February 202322nd February 20231479

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

29th November 20226th December 20223468

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

14th November 202221st November 20221891

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

Museums ‘deeply shaken’ by activists ‘severely underestimating’ fragility of art

News Desk11th November 202214th November 2022

11th November 202214th November 20222611

Officials at Madrid’s Prado Museum have drawn up a declaration signed by dozens of the world’s top museums which denounces that environmental activists who attack

Climate activists glue their hands to the frames of Goya masterpieces at Prado museum

News Desk5th November 202211th November 2022

5th November 202211th November 20222632

Two environmental activists stuck themselves to the frames of Spanish master Francisco Goya’s famous ‘Las Majas’ paintings at the Prado Museum in Madrid on Saturday. They

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

News Desk22nd September 202228th September 2022

22nd September 202228th September 20222534

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 20222512

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

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

News Desk6th April 202211th April 2022

6th April 202211th April 20222854

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

21st February 202228th February 20222520

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

‘Banksy: the Art of Protest’ exhibition in Barcelona

Shane Broderick22nd November 202129th November 2021

22nd November 202129th November 20213906

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

Login

Register