Spanish Thieves Steal Van Containing 20 Pieces of Art Including Works by Picasso

MADRID (AP).- Three hooded thieves stole a truck containing 28 pieces of art including works by Picasso, Colombian artist Fernando Botero and Spanish sculptor Eduardo Chillida, Spanish police said Thursday. A police statement said the truck was taken from a warehouse near the town of Getafe on Madrid’s southern outskirts last Saturday. Officers went to the warehouse after an alarm sounded and found the door of the building had been forced open. On arrival, the owner told police that the [...]

Fifty Paintings and Drawings by Antoni Tapies on View at the Palau Fabre Foundation

BARCELONA.- Fifty Antoni Tàpies’ paintings and drawings are being exhibited at the Palau Fabre Foundation (Fundación Palau Fabre) from today on in the “Gaze at the Hand” (“Mira la mano…”) exhibition, which shows the vitality of the last ten years of this artist, who has already reached 87 and with which the Foundation opens a new stage.  Arriving simultaneously with the vernissage of the new permanent exhibition, the Foundation has done a redistribution of the spaces assigned to temporary exhibitions, which starts with [...]

Fundació Antoni Tàpies Presents a New Selection of Works from the Collection

BARCELONA.- The Fundació Antoni Tàpies presents a new selection of works from the Collection that takes as its starting point the work entitled Fusta pintada i rascada (Painted and Scraped Wood), 1960. The work, which is part of the artist’s own Collection, has been lent to the Fundació and will be publicly shown for the first time. Together with the other works in the present selection, the work will demonstrate the importance of materials for the artist. Tàpies often chooses [...]