The Prado, Renowned for Its Art, Tries a New Role: Muse to Authors
Spain’s most storied museum has been inviting writers, including Nobel laureates, to live nearby and take inspiration from ...
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Top Art Collector Displays Rare Treasures In Madrid
After visiting Europe 60 years ago as a penniless art aficionado, Juan Antonio Perez Simon overcame hardship to amass a ...
Novelist John Banville on how ‘eerie’ art at Madrid’s Prado museum inspires him
It is the eyes peering from the canvases that get him, their gaze piercing the boundary between art and life. That is why ...
Why Wealthy International Families Are Relocating To Madrid
Affluent families from both coasts of the U.S. seeking quality of life at significantly lower costs are looking to Madrid as ...
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Prado Museum (Museo Nacional del Prado)
However, if you consider yourself an art aficionado, heed the advice of past visitors and allot at least half a day to tour the museum. Private Walking Tour: Madrid Old Town With a Local Guide ...
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Top art collector displays rare treasures in Madrid
The new exhibition at Madrid's grandiose Cibeles ... to the Spanish capital's established art institutions -- the Prado, Reina Sofia and Thyssen museums -- to which millions of visitors flock ...
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‘The pictures, they look at you.’ A stroll with novelist John Banville through Spain’s Prado Museum
"I don't like coming here after hours, it's too eerie. The pictures, they look at you," Banville said turning away from the ...