The Aragonese authorities have been trying to recover the works through the courts, arguing they were unlawfully sold. At the end of November, Spain’s culture minister, Íñigo Méndez de Vigo, received a judicial order for the return of the works. This is a robbery!” and expressing anger over the Spanish government’s decision to assume control of Catalonia using article 155 of the constitution. Scuffles broke out between police and some protesters and a cordon was set up to allow the artworks to be loaded on to a lorry. A poll published on Sunday in the Catalan daily La Vanguardia suggests Catalan separatist parties will narrowly fall short of a majority in the election on 21 December.

Source: The Guardian December 11, 2017 12:16 UTC