Spain

The Spanish police have recovered a Francis Bacon painting, worth $5.4 million, which was stolen in 2015. The police did not reveal information about when and where the painting, which is the fourth of 5 works that were stolen, was…

Portrait of Spanish Queen Isabel by Diego Velázquez, expected to fetch above $35 million, was pulled from auction by Sotheby’s. The portrait of Queen Isabel de Borbon was part of the series Diego Velázquez created for the Spanish…

Slime poured over a replica Egyptian mummy at a museum in Barcelona, while maple syrup was thrown at Emily Carr's painting in Vancouver. Over the last weekend, Futuro Vegetal – a Spanish climate activist group – targeted a mummy replica…

The transportation issues caused by the ongoing trucker’s strike in Spain has caused a Julian Schnabel show to be postponed. Julian Schnabel had a show titled “Schnabel and Spain: Anything Can Be a Model” at the Centro de Arte Comporaneo…

The Spanish Ministry of Culture has confirmed that it will be buying the 120,000 objects in the collection of Spanish businessman José María Lafuente. The massive collection of Lafuente Archive boasts 120,000 avant-garde artworks. 19,000…

Paloma Botín, daughter of Spanish Santander chairman, and her husband are embroiled in charges of fraudulent purchase of a 6th century BC artefact. The artefact in question is an Iberian lioness sculpture that dates back to the 6th…

An oil painting, believed to be made by Italian master Caravaggio, has been given special Protected Status by the Spanish government. Titled ‘The Crowning of Thorns’, the painting is currently in possession of the families of Antonio…

A joint operation led by the Mexican government has recovered several 16th-century manuscripts reportedly stolen from the National Archives in Mexico. The manuscripts in question are historical documents of importance, including a letter…

A poster of filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar’s Parallel Mothers was removed from Instagram for the depiction of a lactating nipple. Now, the social media platform has revoked its decision. The Spanish filmmaker had posted the poster of his…

A small-scale painting of Jesus Christ in Spain has now been authenticated to be an original work of Renaissance painter El Greco. As per the Spanish newspaper El País, the work depicts Jesus Christ wearing a crown of thorns and carrying…