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Panorama of Madrid from the San Isidro park.
Madrid’s Royal Collections Museum Opens with Treasures of Spanish Royalty

On Thursday, June 29th, Madrid’s cultural landscape is set to be forever changed with the opening of the Royal Collections Museum. Destined to become a haven for art enthusiasts…

Samuel Scott, Wager's Action off Cartagena, 28 May 1708, before 1772. Oil on canvas 33.9 x 8.9 in. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London.
The Global Battle for the San José—The Holy Grail of Shipwrecks
The Spanish Galleon San José, which sank off the coast of Colombia in 1708, was rediscovered by Colombian officials in 2015 near Cartagena. For years, the San José was called the “holy grail of…
Alphonse Mucha, Poster for the publishing house of F. Champenois, 1897. Color lithograph.
Art 101: What was Art Nouveau?
Art Nouveau was inspired by nature, spurred on by the Arts and Crafts movement, and served as a fundamental reaction against Industrialization.
Francisco Goya, Detail of El Tres de Mayo (The Third of May), 1814. Oil on canvas. 106 x 137 in. Museo del Prado, Madrid. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
The Prado Museum's 6 Most Iconic Paintings
The Museo Nacional del Prado, or Prado Museum, was founded in 1819 and is located in Madrid. The collection began with and still significantly consists of items from the Spanish Royal Family’s…
Okuda artwork, two figures, geometric, colorful
Contemporary Art In Spain: Street Art to Sculpture
Contemporary Art is coming alive all over Spain, but at the center of it all is Madrid.
Transfiguration sculpture program by Alonso Berruguete
Berruguete: First Sculptor of Renaissance Spain

This 10-minute film explores the life and art of Alonso Berruguete, the revolutionary sculptor and painter of Renaissance Spain. Around 1506, when still a teenager, Berruguete traveled from his…