Spain - Finestre sull'Arte

Barcelona declares war on tourist rentals: stop B&Bs to bring residents back downtown

"Tourism must be at the service of the city, not the city at the service of tourism," which is why "tourist [house] rentals will disappear by 2028." This sentence alone would be enough to restore the political sense of the position of Barcelona's may...
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Valencia, 2000 years of architecture: gothic, modernism and avant-garde

To walk around Valencia is to traverse more than two thousand years of urban history, legible in the different architectural styles that coexist in the city. From evidence of Roman times to contemporary architecture, Valencia's urban fabric looks lik...
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Sorolla and Valencia: an itinerary in the light of the master who captured the soul of the Mediterranean

The painting of Joaquín Sorolla, a great Spanish artist who reinterpreted in his homeland the suggestions of the Impressionists, is made up of a few recurring and recognizable elements: white dresses vibrating in the sea breeze, tanned childre...
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At the Prado in Madrid, an exhibition investigates Italian influence in late medieval Spanish art

ThePrado Museum in Madrid will host, from May 26 to September 20, 2026, the exhibition Alla maniera italiana. Spain and the Mediterranean Gothic, 1320-1420, curated by Joan Molina Figueras, head of the collection of European painting up to 1500. Und...
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Farewell to Christine Ruiz-Picasso. Daughter-in-law of the artist, she is responsible for the Picasso Museum Málaga

Christine Ruiz-Picasso, an instrumental figure in the creation of the Picasso Museum Málaga, has passed away at the age of 97 at her home in Provence. She was the widow of Paul Ruiz-Picasso, eldest son of Pablo Picasso and Russian ballerina Ol...
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Guernica divides Spain: culture minister Urtasun says no to loan to Bilbao Guggenheim

Guernica, Pablo Picasso's famous painting, is currently at the center of a political and cultural debate in Spain. The work, created in 1937 and now housed at the Reina Sofía Museum in Madrid (since 1981 when it was transferred from MoMA in Ne...
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Valencia, four places to read about the city's contemporary art

Valencia is also one of Spain's most dynamic cities in terms ofcontemporary art, thanks to a widespread cultural system that combines historic institutions, private foundations and innovative spaces. From medieval cloisters converted into exhibition ...
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The Holy Grail of Valencia and the Third Jubilee Year: faith, history and legend

For the past few months, the city of Valencia has been one of the great centers of pilgrimage in Christendom, on the occasion of the Third Jubilee Year of the Holy Grail, which began on Oct. 30, 2025, and will end on Oct. 29, 2026. The event, recogni...
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