Regional governments accused of censorship and political interference after controversial axing of five museum directors in two months

Image of semi-naked Christ by Salustiano García prompts petition while LGBTQ groups defend the work

Everyone wants to get their hands on the San José, a ship full of gold, silver and emeralds submerged in the Caribbean Sea—but at what archaeological cost?

Museu de l’Art Prohibit is founded by the Catalan businessman Tatxo Benet

Researchers have now revealed details about the trove of ancient paintings and engravings found in 2021

MEPs back new support measures for creatives following Spain's Statute of the Artist decree, now in political limbo

Plus, Spain’s historical memory and a Dürer plate remade by Goldin + Senneby

Ahead of Spain’s election on 23 July, conservative Alberto Núñez Feijóo, who is on course to win, has vowed to challenge historical memory legislation

Some are concerned that the new Royal Collections Gallery will be a blow to cultural tourism in the regions where a number of the works previously resided

Spain’s largest commercial art event saw 211 galleries gather at the IFEMA conference centre

As the Spanish capital attracts a moneyed contingent from Mexico, Colombia and Venezuela, regional galleries are following suit

The paintings, from the workshop of the Flemish master Dieric Bouts, were transferred from the Museo Provincial de Pontevedra in Spain to Gołuchów Castle

More than 500 standing stones were catalogued by archaeologists working on the 7,000-year-old site

The first full edition of Spain's leading art fair since the start of the pandemic saw a near-return to form with strong institutional presence

Old Master painting was pulled from auction last year—but will the government pay full market price?

The performance artist was awarded the Princess of Asturias award for the arts (laureate)

Exhibition of work from the Pre-Columbian age to mid-century Modern paintings, extended to 22 October

Ongoing negotiations for a new satellite of the Russian museum will focus on a collaboration with the Barcelona opera house

Reduced oxygen resulting from the use of torches in narrow enclosed spaces likely triggered hypoxia, resulting in out-of-body experiences, scholars report

Government does not want to repeat ‘export mistake’ of 1970s when another work by the Old Master ended up in the US

The cache of silver grave goods suggest she was an important leader in prehistoric El Argar society

Dealer Helga de Alvear has donated her entire collection of 3,000 works, which include pieces by Tacita Dean, Louise Bourgeois, Olafur Eliasson and Wassily Kandinsky

New arrangement, to last 15 years, means key works by Gauguin, Monet and Picasso have been saved for the nation

Conservation professionals have questioned why Spain's heritage is continually handed over to those with no formal training

Uninvited Guests exhibition has "been done from a misogynistic point of view and still projects the misogyny of the 19th century,” says one signatory

Researchers studied the Neolithic rock art in the Los Machos rockshelter

Judges noted the Spanish government, which signed the Washington Principles in 1998, “can preen as moralistic in its declarations”, yet not be bound by them

The 'panorama is desolate' for the country's culture sector, says Manuel Fernández-Braso, president of the association of Madrid art galleries

Austrian patron donates work to Reina Sofia and commissions new piece by Ragnar Kjartansson to be shown at Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza