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 Slave, witch, prostitute or mother: a new exhibit at Spain's Prado explores how misogyny influenced the way women were portrayed in art, and the role that the museum itself played. https://www.thelocal.es/20201027/misogyny-in-art-spains-prado-pleads-guilty Tue, 27 Oct 2020 13:37:45 +0100 misogyny-in-art-spains-prado-pleads-guilty Spain's Prado has unveiled the restoration of "The Annunciation", a 15th-century altarpiece by Renaissance painter Fra Angelico ahead of the museum's bicentenary celebrations. https://www.thelocal.es/20190509/restored-fr-angelico-masterpiece-unveiled-at-spains-prado-museum Thu, 09 May 2019 11:42:54 +0200 restored-fr-angelico-masterpiece-unveiled-at-spains-prado-museum Spain’s greatest art museum has taken on the latest viral trend that has flooded social media channels, the #10yearchallenge. And the results are brilliant. https://www.thelocal.es/20190129/prado-museum Tue, 29 Jan 2019 13:18:28 +0100 prado-museum The smell of gunpowder still lingered in Madrid's Prado museum on Tuesday, just hours after China's Cai Guo-Qiang, famed for his explosive art, put the finishing touch to an exhibition inspired by Spain's greats. https://www.thelocal.es/20171025/inside-the-explosive-gunpowder-filled-work-of-the-prados-first-ever-artist-in-residence Wed, 25 Oct 2017 10:41:27 +0200 inside-the-explosive-gunpowder-filled-work-of-the-prados-first-ever-artist-in-residence Spain's Prado art museum, home to masterpieces by Francisco Goya and Diego Velazquez, on Wednesday appointed Italian Renaissance specialist Miguel Falomir as its director as the world-renowned gallery nears its bicentenary. https://www.thelocal.es/20170316/madrids-prado-museum-gets-first-new-boss-in-15-years Thu, 16 Mar 2017 11:02:22 +0100 madrids-prado-museum-gets-first-new-boss-in-15-years 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 Although not bathed in Mallorca's light, a London gallery has recreated in minute detail the Mediterranean sunshine island studio of Spanish painter Joan Miró. https://www.thelocal.es/20160118/studio-of-spanish-surrealist-joan-miro-recreated-in-london Mon, 18 Jan 2016 14:40:51 +0100 studio-of-spanish-surrealist-joan-miro-recreated-in-london Madrid's Prado Museum came in fourth place in awards for the best museums in the world - ahead of the famous Louvre in Paris. The Local takes a look at Spain's top ten greatest cultural institutions. https://www.thelocal.es/20150916/prado-beats-the-louvre-in-awards-for-best-museums-in-the-world Wed, 16 Sep 2015 17:00:48 +0200 prado-beats-the-louvre-in-awards-for-best-museums-in-the-world Madrid’s museums are moving away from the traditional to embrace new artistic forms and the latest brings a touch of haute couture to the capital's celebrated art scene. https://www.thelocal.es/20150730/madrids-art-scene-goes-high-fashion Thu, 30 Jul 2015 13:20:24 +0200 madrids-art-scene-goes-high-fashion Those with limited vision are being encouraged to discover masterpieces through a relief painting technique that adds volume and texture to help create a mental image of the artwork through touch. https://www.thelocal.es/20150718/spains-museums-invite-blind-to-touch-art Sat, 18 Jul 2015 11:00:34 +0200 spains-museums-invite-blind-to-touch-art A new exhibition at Madrid's world-famous Prado museum allows blind visitors to explore copies of half a dozen masterpieces with their hands. https://www.thelocal.es/20150120/do-touch-madrids-prado-opens-expo-for-blind Tue, 20 Jan 2015 11:58:12 +0100 do-touch-madrids-prado-opens-expo-for-blind Despite being the capital of the country with the third-highest number of Unesco World Heritage Sites, Madrid as yet has none to its name. That could be about to change if the local town hall gets its way. https://www.thelocal.es/20140709/madrid-wants-unesco-status-for-the-prado-and-retiro-park Wed, 09 Jul 2014 12:18:00 +0200 madrid-wants-unesco-status-for-the-prado-and-retiro-park Madrid's top art museum the Prado has unveiled a major exhibition about the master painter El Greco, exploring his influence on modern greats such as Picasso, Francis Bacon and Jackson Pollock. https://www.thelocal.es/20140627/major-madrid-expo-highlights-el-greco-heritage Fri, 27 Jun 2014 10:20:00 +0200 major-madrid-expo-highlights-el-greco-heritage The priest of the small Spanish village home to an infamous 'restored' fresco of Jesus Christ was on Thursday remanded in custody on sex and fraud charges. https://www.thelocal.es/20131205/monkey-jesus-priest-remanded-in-custody Thu, 05 Dec 2013 13:00:00 +0100 monkey-jesus-priest-remanded-in-custody The priest of a small Spanish village which rose to international fame after a local woman in 2012 'restored' a fresco of Jesus Christ has been arrested for alleged sexual abuse and the embezzlement of €210,000 ($285,000). https://www.thelocal.es/20131202/monkey-jesus-priest Mon, 02 Dec 2013 13:44:00 +0100 monkey-jesus-priest A Spanish art expert claims Velazquez's first version of his iconic Las Meninas painting is not hanging in Madrid's Prado Museum but in a palace in Dorset, England. https://www.thelocal.es/20131004/original-of-spains-best-loved-painting-hangs-in-uk Fri, 04 Oct 2013 17:39:00 +0200 original-of-spains-best-loved-painting-hangs-in-uk Spain's first parliamentary session after the summer break was delayed for more than an hour on Wednesday because the roof of the Parliament was leaking. https://www.thelocal.es/20130911/leaky-roof-puts-spanish-politics-on-hold Wed, 11 Sep 2013 12:42:00 +0200 leaky-roof-puts-spanish-politics-on-hold 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