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Guests can now explore Spain’s Prado Museum through the eyes of a queen. Today, the Prado launched the third installment in “The Female Perspective,” a series of thematic, self-guided routes ...

The Northern Virginia chapter of Colonial Rug Hookers displayed some of its members’ work as part of a demonstration of the craft at Pohick Library in Springfield on Sunday, April 16. The old art form ...

“Spain has some of the best art-crime investigators in the world." On a quiet Friday morning in early October, a van carrying dozens of paintings arrived at the CajaGranada Cultural Center, a modern ...

Diane Keaton, the beloved Oscar-winning actress known for her quirky characters and inimitable personal style, died on October 11, 2025. She was 79. The Annie Hall star was born Diane Hall in 1946 in ...

A history teacher at Colonial Heights Middle School created a Free Little Art Gallery for the community. The project was funded by a grant from the Colonial Heights Education Foundation. Students and ...

Showers of sparks and billowing smoke overtook City Hall Plaza Friday night. They weren’t an emergency. They were a Boston Public Art Triennial performance. Artist Adela Goldbard orchestrated a ...

Cities like Bogota and Santiago owe their iconic layouts to the Spanish colonial "Laws of the Indies." Dive into the history of these planning ordinances that prioritized plazas, gridded streets, and ...

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Imagine you’re a tourist from Spain, a recent arrival from Venezuela or maybe the Chicago-born child of an immigrant. You’re stumbling into the Museum of Contemporary Art for the first time, and to ...

Research at Brunswick Town/Fort Anderson State Historic Site (BTFA) in Brunswick County, North Carolina revealed a Spanish colonial shipwreck. Researchers believe the ship to be La Fortuna—a Spanish ...