Spain’s Elections Pit Gig Workers Against the Far Right
The election sees Sumar and center-left PSOE facing off against the Popular Party, the traditional party of the right wing…
A Writer Is Calling Out the British Museum for Using Her Translations of Chinese Poetry in an Exhibition Without Permission
London’s British Museum has removed two poems by the early-20th-century feminist revolutionary and poet Qiu Jin from view after Vancouver…
Federal Authorities Charge Nine in a Suspected Robbery Ring That Nabbed Two Artworks by Pollock and Warhol Worth Millions
For more than 20 years, a group of criminals orchestrated a string of high-profile thefts of valuable artworks and sports…
Storm King Art Center Recognizes Workers’ Union Following an Overwhelming Vote in Favor of Organizing by Staff
After seven months, the workers of Storm King Art Center, in New York’s Hudson Valley, have successfully organized. The institution…
Take It or Leave It: The Brooklyn Museum Makes Its Final Contract Offer to Union Employees—and They’re Not Happy About It
Nearly two years since workers at the Brooklyn Museum voted to unionize and began to negotiate a new contract, management…
This Adriaen van Ostade Painting, Once Coveted by Hitler, Has Found a New Home at MFA Boston
A Nazi-looted Adriaen van Ostade painting once destined for Adolf Hitler’s Führermuseum will now make its home at the Museum…
After Five Years of Renovations—and Months of Labor Negotiations With Staff—New York’s Hispanic Society Finally Reopens
For over five-and-a-half years, the galleries at New York’s Hispanic Society Museum and Library have been closed for renovations, its…
Titian’s ‘Poesie’ Paintings Transformed Western Art. One U.S. Museum Is Showing Them All Together—and It Will Never Happen Again
On paper, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum’s show of seven paintings by the Italian Renaissance great Titian might sound a modest…
Was Cave Art Actually a Form of Cinema? How Prehistoric Lamps Suggest a Surprising New Way of Looking at Ancient Paintings
Cave art researchers have a tantalizing new theory to explain prehistoric paintings: that the images came to life in the…
Strapped for Cash, Mexico Will Re-Bury a Tunnel Filled With Aztec Petroglyphs That Was Meant to Become a Tourist Site
When a historic tunnel was discovered on the outskirts of Mexico City two years ago, the government decided to turn…
The ‘car park rorts’ story is scandalous. But it will keep happening unless we close grant loopholes
On Monday, a senate hearing produced yet more damning evidence about the “car park rorts” affair. The Australian National Audit…
Is It a Goya? Curators at the Prado Keep Changing Their Minds Over Who Painted the Museum’s Famed ‘Colossus’
The Colossus, one of the world’s best-known paintings, has again been attributed to the Spanish artist Francisco Goya, with the…
Spain: Pilgrims back on the way of St. James | DW Documentary
Manolo is a 65-year-old lawyer - and atheist – walking the road to Santiago de Compostela for the 99th time. For him, the pilgrimage is about contemplation and self-discovery. This time he also wants to test his strength after recovering …
The Economy of Spain
Spain – a great place to vacation? Yes. A great place to invest? Not so fast.Join Trends today and get…