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MYSTERIOUS: Prado org - What They Never Told You

‘Writing is exactly like love – you need to do it in the dark’: novelist Leila Slimani on starting a new chapter in her life

Now in residence at the Madrid Prado, the author talks about its dark, inspirational Goyas, the clandestine nature of her writing – and why she finally wrote about her jailed then posthumously exonerated father

The Guardian - UK

Return of Aparicio painting to Prado exemplifies trajectory of human taste

Once the Madrid museum’s biggest draw, The Year of the Famine in Madrid fell out of favour for political and aesthetic reasons

The Guardian - UK

Suspended warrant issued after Lehrmann court no-show

A magistrate has told Bruce Lehrmann two things he must do to avoid being arrested after failing to appear in court on a car-stealing charge.

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10 Lisbon restaurants I’d recommend to a friend visiting the city

A local food writer selects places to eat that offer a flavour of Lisbon’s fast-evolving restaurant scene

The Guardian - UK

‘I’m writing a memoir. It’s a pack of lies’: John Banville on a lifetime in books, bereavement, and the Irish love of words

The acclaimed novelist thought he had finished with ‘serious’ books. But now, at 78 and still grieving the loss of his wife, he has a new project on the go

The Guardian - UK

Spain unveils ‘lost Caravaggio’ that nearly sold for 1,500 euros

The artwork was discovered just before being put up for sale for equivalent of $1,800 following an attribution mistake.

Al Jazeera

Spain Unveils 'Lost Caravaggio' That Nearly Sold For A Song

A painting by Italian master Caravaggio, once mistakenly thought to be by an unknown artist and nearly auctioned off for a song, was unveiled at Madrid's Prado Museum on Monday.

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Lost Caravaggio that almost sold for €1,500 to go on show at Prado in Madrid

Ecce Homo will be museum’s second Caravaggio, after being spotted on sale in Spanish capital in 2021

The Guardian - UK

Prado exhibition takes a rear view look behind some famous paintings

Reversos (On the Reverse) explores the backs and frames of artworks to reveal their stories, secrets and travels

The Guardian - UK

Prado show examines how images helped fuel centuries of antisemitism in Spain

A new exhibition chronicles the shifting lenses through which Spain’s Catholics saw the country’s Jewish population

The Guardian - UK

Activists glue themselves to Goya paintings in Spanish climate protest

Climate activists glued their hands to the frames of two world-famous paintings by Spanish master Francisco de Goya in Madrid's Prado museum on Saturday, the latest in a string of protests targeting artworks across Europe.

Reuters

Art ripped from the headlines

It’s hard to get in the vacation mode when the big issues roiling the world keep popping up on old canvases.

Chicago Sun-Times

From Paris to Galway: expert foodies reveal the very best places to eat on holiday

Fred Sirieix’s guide to Paris, Girorgio Locatelli on Sicily, plus hidden gems in Copenhagen, Seville, Cornwall, Limassol, Amsterdam and Lisbon

The Guardian - UK

Goya’s horrific Black Paintings are brought to life – La Quinta del Sordo review

Philippe Parreno’s filmic re-creation of Goya’s late murals, full of his bleakest visions, is like a time machine that lets us see this ghostly space through the artist’s eyes

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Madrid city guide: Where to stay, eat, drink and shop in Spain’s glam capital

It may not have the quaintly ageing city centre of its more touristy Spanish rivals, but Madrid has a glam-gritty charm all of its own, says Lucy Thackray. Not to mention the food...

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