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 Spain is home to some of the finest museums in the world, but it also boasts some of the most bizarre. From the museum dedicated entirely to melons to the museum of urinals, The Local counts down Spain’s weirdest. https://www.thelocal.es/20210907/the-nine-weirdest-and-wonderful-museums-in-spain Tue, 07 Sep 2021 15:50:27 +0200 the-nine-weirdest-and-wonderful-museums-in-spain With massive screens and virtual reality, a new immersive exhibition opens in Madrid on Friday in honour of celebrated Spanish artist Joaquin Sorolla, renowned for his ability to capture the blazing sunlight of the Mediterranean. https://www.thelocal.es/20230216/madrid-palace-to-host-virtual-reality-exhibition-on-spanish-artist-sorolla Thu, 16 Feb 2023 09:51:48 +0100 madrid-palace-to-host-virtual-reality-exhibition-on-spanish-artist-sorolla Dozens of modern artworks removed from Kyiv to protect them from Russian strikes that have already done huge damage to Ukraine's cultural heritage will go on display at a Madrid 's Thyssen-Bornemisza museum on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20221129/more-to-offer-than-war-ukrainian-art-on-display-at-museum-in-spain Tue, 29 Nov 2022 10:14:22 +0100 more-to-offer-than-war-ukrainian-art-on-display-at-museum-in-spain Officials at Madrid's El Prado have drawn up a declaration signed by dozens of the world’s top museums which denounces that environmental activists who attack paintings “severely underestimate” the damage that could be caused. https://www.thelocal.es/20221111/spains-prado-museum-leads-push-against-eco-attacks-on-paintings Fri, 11 Nov 2022 10:10:58 +0100 spains-prado-museum-leads-push-against-eco-attacks-on-paintings Madrid's El Prado Museum said Thursday it was investigating the provenance of 62 works in its collection to determine whether they were seized during Spain's civil war or the Franco dictatorship. https://www.thelocal.es/20220923/spains-prado-probes-if-artwork-was-seized-during-civil-war-and-dictatorship Fri, 23 Sep 2022 12:14:31 +0200 spains-prado-probes-if-artwork-was-seized-during-civil-war-and-dictatorship Spain has its fair share of iconic buildings designed by some of the world's most prestigious architects. To celebrate World Architecture Day, we take a look at ten of the best. https://www.thelocal.es/20201101/top-ten-amazing-modern-architectural-wonders-of-spain Sun, 01 Nov 2020 11:00:00 +0100 top-ten-amazing-modern-architectural-wonders-of-spain About 20 km east of Madrid, in the small town of Mejorada del Campo, stands a building that testifies to a former monk's lifetime of devotion to the Catholic faith. Paul Burge explores the Don Justo Cathedral, a religious edifice like no other. https://www.thelocal.es/20210119/spains-scrap-cathedral-an-ex-monks-60-year-labour-of-faith-and-devotion Tue, 19 Jan 2021 12:38:04 +0100 spains-scrap-cathedral-an-ex-monks-60-year-labour-of-faith-and-devotion Home to one of Spain's most important private art collections that includes paintings by Goya, Velazquez and Rubens, the Liria Palace was for decades Madrid's best kept cultural secret. https://www.thelocal.es/20191122/in-pics-behind-the-doors-of-madrids-sumptuous-art-filled-liria-palace Fri, 22 Nov 2019 10:26:22 +0100 in-pics-behind-the-doors-of-madrids-sumptuous-art-filled-liria-palace To mark International Museums Day 2018, the cultural institutions of Madrid are throwing their doors open to give the public a special welcome this weekend. https://www.thelocal.es/20180518/a-night-at-the-museum-the-essential-guide-to-madrids-noche-de-los-museos Fri, 18 May 2018 15:18:27 +0200 a-night-at-the-museum-the-essential-guide-to-madrids-noche-de-los-museos While millions of tourists flock to Spain every year to visit amazing galleries like the Prado and the Reina Sofia, the country is also home a wealth of other lesser-known museums you may not know. Here are ten of the best. https://www.thelocal.es/20180518/ten-fascinating-museums-in-spain-you-really-must-visit Fri, 18 May 2018 14:25:46 +0200 ten-fascinating-museums-in-spain-you-really-must-visit Exactly 80 years ago, in a crowded market square, the small Basque town of Guernica was bombed by Nazi aircraft at the behest of General Francisco Franco. https://www.thelocal.es/20170426/80-years-on-picassos-anti-war-guernica-still-resonates Wed, 26 Apr 2017 13:35:05 +0200 80-years-on-picassos-anti-war-guernica-still-resonates The first completely underwater museum in Europe officially opens today on the ocean floor off the Canary Island of Lanzarote. https://www.thelocal.es/20170110/extraordinary-underwater-museum-opens-off-lanzarote Tue, 10 Jan 2017 11:39:55 +0100 extraordinary-underwater-museum-opens-off-lanzarote Spain's Prado art museum said Wednesday its director Miguel Zugaza will leave his post in 2017 after a 15-year run that included the biggest expansion of the world-renowned gallery https://www.thelocal.es/20161201/director-of-spains-prado-museum-to-leave-post-after-15-years Thu, 01 Dec 2016 10:10:05 +0100 director-of-spains-prado-museum-to-leave-post-after-15-years British architecture superstar Norman Foster has been selected to renovate a 17th century building for an extension to Madrid's famous Prado museum, it said Thursday. https://www.thelocal.es/20161125/starchitect-norman-foster-prado-madrid Fri, 25 Nov 2016 10:13:58 +0100 starchitect-norman-foster-prado-madrid The sculpture, in New York’s Central Park, marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations. https://www.thelocal.es/20151026/spanish-designed-united-nations-sculpture-unveiled-in-new-york Mon, 26 Oct 2015 11:22:45 +0100 spanish-designed-united-nations-sculpture-unveiled-in-new-york Tourists are a bigger problem for the inhabitants of Barcelona than poverty, according to a new poll, reflecting growing tensions as officials crack down on the numerous and at times misbehaving tourists. https://www.thelocal.es/20150710/barcelonia-says-tourists-bigger-problem-than-poverty Fri, 10 Jul 2015 18:20:53 +0200 barcelonia-says-tourists-bigger-problem-than-poverty Spain's top museums are bumping up entry prices, staying open for longer and sending artworks abroad as they scramble for new revenue to offset the effects of government cuts to their budgets. https://www.thelocal.es/20130308/crisis-bites-as-museums-raise-prices Fri, 08 Mar 2013 13:48:00 +0100 crisis-bites-as-museums-raise-prices