News
Nearly Intact Roman Shipwreck Rests Just Six Feet Beneath Mallorca’s Waters
Discovered in 2019, the 1,700-year-old merchant ship reveals details about early Christian trade.
Spain
News
Miniature Picasso Painting Goes Missing in Spain
Police are investigating the mysterious disappearance of the artwork, which was slated for an exhibition in Granada.
News
Spain’s Museum of Censored Art Shutters “Indefinitely” After Labor Protests
Subcontracted staff alleged poor working conditions at Barcelona’s Museu de l’Art Prohibit, which houses works by David Wojnarowicz, Gustav Klimt, and more.
Art Review
A Spanish Artist Makes Room for Women’s Stories
Mar Caldas fuses research, photography, video, and installation to recognize and vindicate untold stories of women’s lives and labor.
Art
Can Porn Be Art? Erika Lust Thinks So
In her immersive VR installation, the feminist pornographer asks viewers to interrogate their desire.
News
Spanish Man Under Investigation for Pouring Water on Ancient Cave Art
The individual allegedly dampened 6,000-year-old paintings in Andalusia to get a clearer photo for social media, potentially causing irreparable harm.
News
Botched Restoration in Spanish Church Yields Uncanny Cherubim
Cultural heritage advocates in Soria are calling for increased regulation as critics draw comparisons to the infamous “Monkey Christ” fiasco.
Art
Isabel Quintanilla’s Dreamy Realism
The same small Duralex glass cup appears repeatedly in the artist’s sparse and intimate still lifes, evincing her uncanny ability to capture light.
Art
A Spanish Artist’s Dreamy Homages to Her Homeland
Undercutting dominant narratives of Spanish modernism, Delhy Tejero was part of a community of artists whose avant-garde work forged a new sense of national identity.
Art
Teresa Lanceta Weaves the Fraught History of Spain
The artist’s solo show is a lyrical investigation into the ways that textiles shaped the country during the 13th and 14th centuries.
Art
Javier Arce’s Collaboration With the Spanish Wilderness
The artist considers his own place in the complex history of landscape painting through canvases stretched imperfectly on wood from trees around his home.
Art
A Galician Artist’s Return Home
Vicente Blanco’s quietly complex drawings depict disorienting, spellbinding scenes in which things are rarely what they initially seem.