In total 20 galleries from around Andalucia and beyond showed their works at Artsevilla.
1st International Contemporary Art Fair in Seville
A week ago Seville held its first-ever contemporary art fair, Artsevilla, on 15-18 October.
Previously, three BIACS festivals (Bienale Internacional de…
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Three great reasons to eat tapas in Seville this autumn
Seville is always a great city to go out and eat - this is where the tapa was invented, after all - and this autumn, a number of events and festivals are offering even more opportunities to…
Lost in Translation
As English speakers, I often feel we have an unfair advantage over our hispanophone friends and neighbours here in Spain. They speak the language of their birth, which does them well at home, and all over Central and South America. But for us, our idiom is the one most widely…
Alcazaba de Almeria
After the excitement of Game of Thrones Season 5 being filmed in the Alcazar palace in Seville last October, and subsequently in Osuna's bullring, the limelight has transferred to Almeria province this year, where filming of Season 6 will take place next…
Is the future of bullfighting, and other taurine events, in doubt?
If you've been following the Spanish news over the summer - wherever you may have spent the last couple of months - or indeed if you've been reading the international press, you may have noticed a glut of stories on injuries and…
Bobadilla/Antequera-Granada high-speed rail link gets 62m euro
Today, a new investment was announced for the Antequera-Granada high-speed rail link, with AVE trains due to start running in 2018. Andalucia's budget for 2016 includes 62 million euros to finish this AVE route linking Antequera (…
The heat is on - 10 top tips to cope in a southern Spanish summer
Whether you have made Andalucia your permanent home, you're staying for a long sojourn over the summer months, or you're just here on holiday (or planning to be shortly), you will be aware of the extreme heat in July and August,…
Adios Cilla
"What's your name and where do you come from?"
For many of us, back in the 1980s and 1990s, Saturday nights were all about watching Blind Date before going out. With her red hair, broad smile and warm manner, Cilla always set the nervous contestants at ease, as they chose…
After many years of prevarication, consultation and administrative wrangling, the Royal Shipyards of Seville, which date from Alfonso the Wise's reign in the 13th century, are finally going to be restored and converted into a cultural centre. The 25-million-euro project, presented by Fundacion La…
If you are planning a visit to Seville once the intense summer heat has dissipated, then you may be pleased to hear that, from this autumn, two important historic monuments with aristocratic heritage will be available to visit for the first time.
One is the Palacio de las Dueñas, the home of the…
