https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed In 2008, sick of watching his derelict neighbourhood dying a slow death, Spanish artist Eduardo Hermida walked out of his studio and painted a mural inspired by Diego Velazquez's masterpiece "Las Meninas". https://www.thelocal.es/20180904/in-pics-velazquezs-ladies-in-waiting-spruce-up-struggling-galician-town Tue, 04 Sep 2018 10:23:29 +0200 in-pics-velazquezs-ladies-in-waiting-spruce-up-struggling-galician-town Police are hunting a vandal who daubed a cat face on a 12th century marble sculpture of a saint at the Santiago de Compostela Cathedral in an apparent tribute to the rock band Kiss. https://www.thelocal.es/20180809/police-hunt-vandal-who-daubed-cat-face-on Thu, 09 Aug 2018 12:10:34 +0200 police-hunt-vandal-who-daubed-cat-face-on A painting daubed on a wall in the Galician town of Ferrol de Coruña has caused excitement with the hope that it might actually be a genuine artwork by the anti-establishment artist, Banksy. https://www.thelocal.es/20180420/could-a-mural-in-galicia-be-the-first-bansky-artwork-in-spain Fri, 20 Apr 2018 19:17:19 +0200 could-a-mural-in-galicia-be-the-first-bansky-artwork-in-spain The chapel of the Autonomous University of Madrid (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid) was covered in messages written in red spray paint, including "free abortion" and "secular education". https://www.thelocal.es/20160615/madrid-university-chapel-covered-in-pro-abortion-graffiti Wed, 15 Jun 2016 18:55:48 +0200 madrid-university-chapel-covered-in-pro-abortion-graffiti "Tourists go home. Refugees welcome" is just one of the slogans to have appeared this week daubed on the walls of the historic centre of Palma, the capital of the holiday island of Mallorca. https://www.thelocal.es/20160412/tourists-go-home-refugees-welcome-graffiti-appears-in-mallorca Tue, 12 Apr 2016 19:00:32 +0200 tourists-go-home-refugees-welcome-graffiti-appears-in-mallorca An abandoned church in northern Spain has been dramatically transformed into a skate park covered in colourful geometric patterns. https://www.thelocal.es/20151216/amazing-transformation-of-abandoned-church-to Wed, 16 Dec 2015 16:58:12 +0100 amazing-transformation-of-abandoned-church-to Two Spanish graffiti artists were killed after being run over by a train while spraying graffiti on Monday night. https://www.thelocal.es/20151209/spanish-graffiti-artists-run-over-and-killed-while-spraying-train Wed, 09 Dec 2015 11:01:11 +0100 spanish-graffiti-artists-run-over-and-killed-while-spraying-train A dying village in rural Castellón has been transformed into an open air gallery dedicated to street art. https://www.thelocal.es/20150803/spanish-village-celebrates-rebirth-as-graffiti-museum Mon, 03 Aug 2015 14:48:14 +0200 spanish-village-celebrates-rebirth-as-graffiti-museum A graffiti gang who forced trains to stop so they could paint them has been busted by Spanish police https://www.thelocal.es/20150210/arrested-the-graffiti-gang-who-stopped-trains Tue, 10 Feb 2015 09:57:00 +0100 arrested-the-graffiti-gang-who-stopped-trains When the Spanish city of Malaga wanted to clean up its sleazy port side district, it called in the painters - big international names in the street art movement. https://www.thelocal.es/20150128/street-artists-spruce-up-spanish-port Wed, 28 Jan 2015 12:01:00 +0100 street-artists-spruce-up-spanish-port Spanish police said on Sunday they have smashed a guerrilla-style graffiti gang that forced trains to a sudden and dangerous halt to paint over carriages in lightning operations. https://www.thelocal.es/20140929/spanish-police-smash-train-graffiti-gang Mon, 29 Sep 2014 11:27:00 +0200 spanish-police-smash-train-graffiti-gang 'Cameras', described as '150 fake security cameras on a wall with the intention of not watching over anything' is the latest work by the anonymous artist SpY, dubbed the 'Spanish Banksy' by the international press. https://www.thelocal.es/20140130/urban-artist-spy-turns-lens-on-madrid Thu, 30 Jan 2014 12:30:00 +0100 urban-artist-spy-turns-lens-on-madrid Spanish police have arrested the country's most prolific train graffiti artist, whose works have appeared across Europe and the United States, officials said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20131106/spains-most-active-graffiti-artist-arrested Wed, 06 Nov 2013 11:05:03 +0100 spains-most-active-graffiti-artist-arrested "Beat the crowds and rent out the home everyone in Spain will have in a few years," read a satirical property ad that has struck a chord with thousands of struggling Spaniards. https://www.thelocal.es/20131015/750-bench-madrids-most-costly-real-estate Tue, 15 Oct 2013 12:43:00 +0200 750-bench-madrids-most-costly-real-estate Spain has its very own Banksy, an anonymous street artist whose artwork is a cutting but funny take on modern Spain. In this picture gallery, The Local takes a look at Señor X's finest work. https://www.thelocal.es/20130910/spanish-banksy-sketches-out Tue, 10 Sep 2013 20:02:00 +0200 spanish-banksy-sketches-out