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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 20262014

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 2025983

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...

Netflix to invest more than a billion euros in Spain over next four years

News Desk11th June 202517th June 2025

11th June 202517th June 20257615

The US streaming giant Netflix has said that it is going to invest €1.1 billion in productions in Spain between 2025 and 2029, which has...

Dozens of artists skip Barcelona’s Sónar festival in support of Palestinians

News Desk6th June 202510th June 2025

6th June 202510th June 20254201

Dozens of artists have pulled out of this year’s Sónar electronic music festival taking place from 12-14 June in Barcelona, protesting financial ties between its...

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

News Desk12th March 202517th March 2025

12th March 202517th March 20256340

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...

Marisa Paredes, Spanish actor and Almodóvar favourite, dies aged 78

News Desk17th December 202423rd December 2024

17th December 202423rd December 20244350

Marisa Paredes, an acclaimed Spanish actor who achieved international fame by starring in many films by director Pedro Almodóvar, has died at the age of...

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

News Desk27th May 20244th June 2024

27th May 20244th June 20245327

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...

Prado Museum confirms rediscovery of lost Caravaggio, to be unveiled 27 May

News Desk6th May 202427th May 2024

6th May 202427th May 20244490

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...

Top 5 Musicals in Spain this Autumn

Erica Russell25th September 20232nd October 2023

25th September 20232nd October 20234799

For musical theatre lovers in Spain, these next few months will be packed with amazing performances, as some of Broadway’s critically acclaimed shows make their...

J.A.Bayona’s ‘Society of the Snow’ chosen as Spain’s Oscar contender

News Desk21st September 202312th December 2023

21st September 202312th December 20233394

Spain has selected the director J.A.Bayona’s latest film, Society of the Snow, which debuted last month at the Venice Film Festival, as its entry for the...

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