14 January 2021 05:47 PM

Disputed artworks to remain in Aragon following Supreme Court decision

The sale of 96 pieces of art originally from the Sixena monastery to the Catalan government was ruled null and void

The exhibit featuring jailed Catalan leaders pulled from Madrid art fair last week to be shown in Lleida Museum until April 22

Ildefonso Salillas denies that the art was brought from Catalonia to Aragon as a result of the former’s self-rule being seized through Article 155

‘The Virgin Mary’ was the only piece that remained in Catalonia after the disputed items were transferred to the Spanish region of Aragon in December

Catalan institutions and museums demand the pieces to be returned to Barcelona and Lleida

With Catalonia under direct rule it falls to Spanish culture minister to decide whether to return 44 art treasures taken from Sigena monastery