Art History
The history of Spanish art
Aug 7, 2022
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7 minutes read
Over the centuries Spain has given birth to some of the world's greatest architects, painters, sculptors and photographers. This richness is due, both to the autonomous Spanish creative flair and to the influence exerted on the Iberian Peninsula by the most important European figurative currents...
Art History
Top 10: masterpieces of Spanish painting
Aug 6, 2023
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14 minutes read
The history of Spanish painting can be told by referring to the most important periods, which marked its development and evolution, such as the Gothic, Mannerist, Golden Age and 20th century...
Lifestyle
A Spanish artist brings embroidery to the streets
Jan 12, 2023
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3 minutes read
Raquel Rodrigo, an artist from Valencia, says that the huge cross-stitch pieces she has put on buildings are a statement of a feminine art.
Art News
A smuggled Picasso drawing worth nearly $500,000 has been seized by Spanish authorities
Jul 21, 2022
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2 minutes read
A smuggled Picasso drawing worth nearly $500,000 has been seized by Spanish customs officials. The artwork was found in a passenger's suitcase at an Ibiza airport. The traveller had not declared the piece, which is valued at 450,000 Swiss francs ($464,658).
Art News
The Spanish government has granted protection status to a potential Caravaggio put up for auction at 1,500 euros
Dec 24, 2021
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2 minutes read
The Spanish government gave protected protection to a small oil painting believed by some experts to be the work of the Italian Baroque painter Caravaggio. The painting's new protected status as a work of cultural interest will offer specialists more time to study it in the hopes of identifying its genuine authorship, as it was previously thought to be a copy.