Romania celebrates its National Day this long weekend, when December 1 is a public holiday, as is St Andrew’s Day. At the same time, several Christmas markets are opening in Bucharest, Brașov, and ...

Gaudí's creations—including his Sagrada Familia—dominate the conversation. But the 2026 World Capital of Architecture has a ...

Restoration efforts at Sarasota's Ca’ d’Zan continue through early 2026 but as the holidays begin, will the beloved space ...

Spain may be known for its iconic bucket-list cities like Barcelona, Madrid, and Seville, but the country’s most authentic ...

Four years have passed since I moved to Madrid, but I continue to be inspired by the amount of shared patrimony between the ...

Salamanca's wonders include the country's oldest university, two cathedrals and a culinary scene that punches well above its ...

A Spanish museum is challenging California's new law designed to help a family seeking to reclaim a famous painting taken ...

Music, education and literature headline the Embassy of Spain’s cultural slate for November, with a full schedule of performances, master classes, academic engagements and ongoing museum exhibits ...

Communities across Michigan are preparing to celebrate Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, this weekend, Nov. 1-2. The Mexican and Latin American holiday commemorates family members who have ...

In which Observer's Arts Editor sets out to have as many art and art-adjacent encounters as possible in the Windy City in just two days. Anish Kapoor’s Cloud Gate, better known as the Bean. Photo: ...

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A Picasso painting set to be part of a Spanish art exhibition has gone missing. A transportation company charged with hauling art pieces from Madrid to Granada for an exhibition at the CajaGranada ...