NewsPrehistoric art
Researchers suggest that trippy hallucinations influenced prehistoric cave art
Reduced oxygen resulting from the use of torches in narrow enclosed spaces likely triggered hypoxia, resulting in out-of-body experiences, scholars report
NewsArt market
'Good reasons to believe this is a new Caravaggio': specialists cautiously vouch for €1,500 painting pulled from Spanish auction
Government does not want to repeat ‘export mistake’ of 1970s when another work by the Old Master ended up in the US
NewsAntiquities & Archaeology
Bronze Age burial site of powerful woman discovered under ancient palace in Spain
The cache of silver grave goods suggest she was an important leader in prehistoric El Argar society
NewsMuseums & Heritage
From Goya to Goldin: new museum puts Spanish city of Cáceres on the art world map
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
NewsMuseums & Heritage
Spanish government signs deal securing €1bn Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection
New arrangement, to last 15 years, means key works by Gauguin, Monet and Picasso have been saved for the nation
NewsRestoration
The potato head of Palencia: defaced Spanish statue latest victim of botched restoration
Conservation professionals have questioned why Spain's heritage is continually handed over to those with no formal training
NewsControversies
Madrid's Prado museum accused of misogyny in open letter after misattributing work to female artist
Uninvited Guests exhibition has "been done from a misogynistic point of view and still projects the misogyny of the 19th century,” says one signatory
NewsAntiquities & Archaeology
Fingerprints help identify age and sex of prehistoric painters in southern Spain
Researchers studied the Neolithic rock art in the Los Machos rockshelter
NewsLaw
US appeals court rules—with regret—that Thyssen-Bornemisza Foundation can keep Nazi-looted Pissarro
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
NewsMadrid
Collector Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza invests in Madrid after leaving Vienna
Austrian patron donates work to Reina Sofia and commissions new piece by Ragnar Kjartansson to be shown at Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza
AnalysisArt market
Business as usual as Arco opens in Madrid against a backdrop of coronavirus anxiety
Spanish art fair celebrates the work of Cuban-American artist Felix González-Torres, who died of Aids in 1996
NewsMuseums & Heritage
Barcelona rejects plans for outpost of Russia’s State Hermitage Museum
Hermitage officials dismayed after city council refuses planning permission for new venue, citing multiple concerns
PreviewArt fairs
Arco Madrid reforms selection process following criticism of lack of transparency
The 39th edition, opening tomorrow, has exhibitors from across Latin America, including Peru, Cuba, Chile and Colombia
NewsPablo Picasso
Caught smuggling Picasso on his yacht, Spanish billionaire collector gets €52m fine and 18 months in prison
Jaime Botin, of the Santander dynasty, did not have a permit to export the painting
NewsOpenings
Eduardo Chillida’s Basque museum and sculpture park announces full reopening
Hauser & Wirth has helped to develop “sustainable model” for Chillida Leku, which partially closed amidst Spanish economic crisis
ReviewExhibitions
Madrid's small but perfectly formed Bartolomé Bermejo show is 'art history at its best'
Museo del Prado’s show on the 15th-century Spanish painter is elegant, intellectually incisive and rich in both news and rarely seen art
InterviewMuseo del Prado
Prado at 200: director Miguel Falomir on the museum's reinvention and the death of the blockbuster
Released from the shackles of state control in 2003, the Madrid institution has reason to celebrate its bicentenary
PreviewExhibitions
Surrealist Dorothea Tanning finally gets long-merited major survey
Show of artist whose work “undermines old idea of Surrealism being about the objectification of women” opens in Madrid before travelling to London
NewsConservation & Preservation
Spain tells vandal to Kiss off after Santiago de Compostela statue defaced
Authorities vow to find rock fan who damaged Medieval statue
PreviewExhibitions
Under the skin of Jusepe de Ribera’s ‘extreme violence’ at the Dulwich Picture Gallery
First major UK exhibition of Spanish artist aims to show how his brutal realism was informed by classicism
PreviewExhibitions
Secret lives: new show recasts Gala Dalí as 'much more than a muse' to artists
Exhibition in Barcelona looks at the life and work of the Russian best known for being the wife of Salvador Dalí
NewsContemporary art
From Brussels to Bogotá: where will the Pompidou pop up next?
As museum's teaser show opens in the Belgian capital, its president, Serge Lasvignes, tells us about branching out from Paris
News
How San Antonio snagged masterpieces from Madrid for its 300th anniversary
Exhibition that looks at the city's Spanish links will include 25 works never shown in the US
InterviewCollectors
Ella Fontanals-Cisneros: From Miami to the world
The collector and champion of Latin American art tells us why she is closing her warehouse space and giving works to Spain
News
Family feud forgotten as Thyssen-Bornemisza plans contemporary shows
Madrid museum's collector-trustees, Carmen Cervera and Francesca von Habsburg, turn conflict into collaboration
NewsArt market
Cyborgs and utopias: Arco looks to the future
Arco Madrid is changing strategy for its 37th edition (21-25 February)
NewsConservation & Preservation
Murillo's dramatic altarpiece back on display in Liverpool after a major clean-up
The restored Virgin and Child in Glory at the Walker Art Gallery reveals Spanish master's "exquisite skills"
NewsSpain
Gaudi's first masterpiece opens as public museum in Barcelona
Amidst political turmoil in Catalonia, opening of Casa Vicens could bring "a moment of peace"
ArchiveFakes & copies
Spanish brothers implicated in sale of fakes to Knoedler & Co to be extradited
Spain have consented to sending José Carlos and Jesús Ángel Bergantiños back to the US where they can be charged
ArchiveConservation
Why art conservation needs to be left to the experts
A Spanish grandmother’s handiwork recently made headlines, but Ajax and rainstorms have contributed to other botched treatments by amateurs
ArchiveSalvador Dalí
Pushkin Museum exhibition cited for rise in Russian tourism in Catalonia
Mr and Mrs Dalí draw Russians to Spain
ArchiveValencia
Museo Valenciano de la Ilustración director steps down
Follows censorship controversy
ArchiveRestitution
Restitution case targets Thyssen museum
But it may not be legally possible to sue Spain in the US courts
ArchiveFilms
Art on the big screen: When Dalí and Lorca were lovers—perhaps
"Little Ashes" tells one side of a very contentious story
ArchiveArt fairs
Private collectors active at Arco but museums too quiet
We look at the talking points and early sales
ArchiveNew galleries
Lady Foster opens gallery and bookshop in Madrid
A former garage becomes an art space, as the Ivory Press publisher inaugurates building designed by her husband
ArchiveArt Basel
Art Cologne sets up subsidiary fair in Palma de Mallorca
By following Art Basel's example, organisers hope to rival their prosperity
ArchiveSeptember 2005
V&A sends stolen monstrance on long-term loan to Spain
The 16th-century silver object had been taken from a church in Toro in 1890
ArchiveSpain
¡Viva España! Spanish market comes of age alongside strengthening economy
Interest in the field is surging as new collectors enter the fray
ArchivePolitics
Disagreement between France and Spain on cultural protectionism
President Aznar of Spain stated that cultural protectionism was “the refuge of a country whose culture is in decline”
ArchiveRestitution
Potential changes to state law could affect claims relating to Armenian massacres
Californian law may make restitution harder
ArchiveLaw
Art lover claims c1.25 million Old Master should not have left country
Private collector vs State in Spain
ArchiveArtist interview
Interview with Angela de la Cruz on the physicality of her paintings: “I like sex a lot”
How her paintings have the limitations of bodies
ArchiveForgeries
Spanish art forgery network busted
Arrests followed an investigation sparked by the concerns of the Joan Miró Foundation
ArchiveMuseums
New direction for Spanish archaeology museum
New director, new direction.
ArchiveBooks
Books: Capa's photographs of the Spanish Civil War
Tales of stoicism in the face of extreme adversity
ArchiveSalvador Dalí
Descharnes wins back Dali rights from Spanish State
Dali's former secretary has been successful in his appeal
ArchiveArt fairs
Optimism at ARCO as huge turnout is matched by satisfying sales
However, there is still a marked lack of Spanish collectors
ArchiveMuseo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza
Madrid's Thyssen Bornemisza Museum appeals to the ladies, visitor figures find
Dutch Landscape exhibition proves popular
ArchiveSalvador Dalí
Dalí’s former secretary Descharnes fights back against governmental meddling in estate rights
“The Spanish State cannot cancel a private agreement which is valid until 2004”
ArchiveOctober 1994
Luis Monreal, director of La Caixa, has a national-sized budget to spend
The Spanish savings bank, had an operating budget of $67.64 million in 1993, of which $11.87 million was spent on visual arts projects
ArchiveSalvador Dalí
Divorce in casa Dalí as Gala-Dalí Foundation and Spain seize control
State and Foundation cancel their contract with Descharnes, the artist’s former secretary and administrator of copyright
ArchiveConservation & Preservation
Spain's greatest tapestries cleaned by aerosol
The oldest working tapestry weavers in Flanders apply high-tech to some of the finest royal hangings
ArchiveCollectors
Spain has no official record of Islamic collector
Negotiations between David Nasser Khalili and British government ongoing
ArchiveSalvador Dalí
Furore over sale of Dalí rights to British financial group
Henry Ansbacher is said to have paid $15m (£7.5m) for the Spaniard’s copyright
ArchiveSpanish Art Market
Spate of Spanish art fakes recently discovered in the market
Watch out for Millares, Chillida, Domìnguez and Barceló. Interpol find “French connection”
ArchiveMuseums & Heritage
Museum boom planned for Spanish capital
Vast collections emerge: archaeology, ethnographic and waxworks.
Commentcoronavirus
Letter from Spain: Arco exhibition centre is now a coronavirus hospital
The 'panorama is desolate' for the country's culture sector, says Manuel Fernández-Braso, president of the association of Madrid art galleries
Manuel Fernández-Braso