Culture/Art/Literature news & information for Madrid

BRUCE'The Boss' Springsteen and The E-Street Band are heading to Spain next spring, and tickets have gone on sale today (Tuesday).

ONE THING is for everyone who visits your town, province or country to tell everyone else how wonderful it is and to give it lots of stars on TripAdvisor, but quite another is when the European Union itself endorses a...

IMAGINE you're at a pub quiz and the question came up, “Which is the largest building in Spain?”

DESPITE being its capital and welcoming the highest number of international tourists of anywhere in Spain, Madrid does not immediately leap into people's heads when they think of this multi-faceted, beautiful and...

MADRID'S Retiro Park and El Prado boulevard are now officially UNESCO heritage sites – the first ever for Spain's capital.

ALMOST anyone not heading for Spain this summer would be a lot happier if they were in it, and the town in question is probably academic – and although those who already live here year-round are entitled to be...

SOME of Spain's biggest designers showcased their autumn-winter collections at the recent Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid, which included bespoke masks now on sale as part of their accessories ranges.

A 'RETRO' cinema in Madrid allows customers to pay for their tickets in pesetas up to and including March 31 this year, either for immediate use or for showings later on in 2021.

The Spanish Association of Christian Lawyers has filed an official complaint against Manuel Borja-Villel, the director of the Reina Sofía Museum in Madrid, for the exhibition "La bondadosa crueldad. León Ferrari....

MADRID'S huge El Prado art museum was 200 years old yesterday (Tuesday) – and to close its second century of life and welcome the start of its third, the management 'knew exactly' who was going to grace...

The Prado Museum has announced that 'El Cid', a spectacular oil on canvas by French artist Rosa Bonheur, which has been in storage at the museum for over 100 years, is now finally on show.

LEGENDARY tenor Plácido Domingo is one of 12 famous faces to win an 'Excellence in Spain' Award – at the same time as being named ambassador for the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO).