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During an unusual spate of rainy weather last month, residents of Madrid were looking for any excuse to stay indoors. But over at the city’s Museo del Prado, Spain’s flagship cultural ...
Madrid's Prado museum has put a contemporary copy of Leonardo Da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" on display just weeks after rocking the art world with revelations about its provenance.
Coinciding with the LGBTQ Pride celebrations in Madrid, the Museo del Prado is staging a show of artworks focusing on same-sex relationships.
If one picture sums up the raison d'être of the Prado Museum in Madrid, it is Las Meninas by Velasquez. This extraordinary painting depicts Princess Margarita with her maids (meninas) and other ...
What's on your doorstep? There could hardly be a more privileged Madrid address than The Palace Hotel’s. Located in Madrid’s Centro neighbourhood, the building sits adjacent to the Landscape of Light ...
Prado Museum (Museo Nacional del Prado) is ranked #2 out of 23 things to do in Madrid. See pictures and our review of Prado Museum (Museo Nacional del Prado).
The art world was built around the practice of copying, even if this tradition is now being lost. In Madrid, the Prado Museum has decided to commemorate this lesser-known activity as part of its ...
Spain's Prado Museum said Wednesday that director Miguel Zugaza will end his 15-year successful run there; he intends to return to his previous post as director of Bilbao's Fine Arts Museum.
A hotspot for Madrid's elite when it first opened in 1946, the iconic Gran Hotel Velazquez has been given a second lease of life as the first outpost of Bless, a new collection of stylish urban ...
The NH Collection Madrid Paseo del Prado is located on the elegant Plaza de Cánovas del Castillo, right opposite the famous Statue of Neptune, which we could see directly from our bedroom.
The long-awaited expansion of Madrid's prestigious Prado Museum has been stalled by local residents. A local group has lodged a legal objection to plans to demolish a 15th century cloister in the ...
A New Exhibition at Madrid’s Prado Museum Presents Backwards Paintings Some of the show's works displays hidden and complementary art on their backsides, while others are littered with labels ...