DETECTIVES in Madrid have just revealed that over €30 million worth of paintings by the Irish artist Francis Bacon were stolen from a mansion in one of the city's most élite and safest districts. Although the...
CÓRDOBA'S spectacular Medina Azahara monument will apply to become a UNESCO heritage site next year. Secretary of State for culture José María Lassalle presided the latest meeting of the southern city's...
FORMER James Bond actor Pierce Brosnan admits he was left 'open-mouthed' after a visit to Madrid's El Prado art museum, one of the city's 'big three' along with the Reina Sofía and the Thyssen...
VALENCIA-BASED architect Santiago Calatrava has just cut the red tape on his latest creation: the metro station in New York next to the World Trade Centre. Admitting his 'pride and satisfaction' with his work,...
A SERIES of one-off shows at a Madrid theatre in Spanish and in English will be held over the next few weeks to mark the 400 anniversary of the deaths of British playwright William Shakespeare and author of the epic ,...
A CASTLE in Toledo where Queen Isabel 'The Catholic' – co-author of the bloodthirsty Inquisition – lived for most of her life is now on the market. The price tag sits at a cool €9.6 million. Plans were...
A PICASSO 'portrait' of the artist's muse Marie-Thérèse Walter has sold for €24.8 million at Sotheby's in London. The oil-on-canvas, ('woman's head'), was painted in 1935 and went under...
EUROPE'S first-ever underwater museum has opened off the coast of Lanzarote, featuring a British artist's works. Sculptures occupying 15% of a total diving area of 2,500 square metres in the Las Coloradas bay...
BILBAO'S futuristic Guggenheim Museum is celebrating its 20 anniversary with a huge concert by German band Kraftwerk. One of the best-known electro-pop groups of the last few decades, Kraftwerk will play for eight...
'ILLEGAL' digging in an archaeological site in the south-western city of Huelva is under investigation, and the finger has been pointed at the civil engineering companies building the new railway station. The...
TERUEL'S iconic cathedral will be restored this year with a budget of €1.6 million. The spectacular temple was built in the late 12 century in a Romanesque style with three main naves, but by 1342 it had become a...
JUST a year after Madrid's world-famous Reina Sofía art museum was facing possible closure, the gallery has announced record numbers of visitors and profits up by 30%. From its future being in jeopardy at the end...
