In 2008, sick of watching his derelict neighbourhood dying a slow death, Spanish artist Eduardo Hermida walked out of his studio and painted a mural inspired by Diego Velazquez's masterpiece "Las Meninas".
Police are hunting a vandal who daubed a cat face on a 12th century marble sculpture of a saint at the Santiago de Compostela Cathedral in an apparent tribute to the rock band Kiss.
A painting daubed on a wall in the Galician town of Ferrol de Coruña has caused excitement with the hope that it might actually be a genuine artwork by the anti-establishment artist, Banksy.
The chapel of the Autonomous University of Madrid (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid) was covered in messages written in red spray paint, including "free abortion" and "secular education".
"Tourists go home. Refugees welcome" is just one of the slogans to have appeared this week daubed on the walls of the historic centre of Palma, the capital of the holiday island of Mallorca.
When the Spanish city of Malaga wanted to clean up its sleazy port side district, it called in the painters - big international names in the street art movement.
Spanish police said on Sunday they have smashed a guerrilla-style graffiti gang that forced trains to a sudden and dangerous halt to paint over carriages in lightning operations.
'Cameras', described as '150 fake security cameras on a wall with the intention of not watching over anything' is the latest work by the anonymous artist SpY, dubbed the 'Spanish Banksy' by the international press.
Spanish police have arrested the country's most prolific train graffiti artist, whose works have appeared across Europe and the United States, officials said on Tuesday.
"Beat the crowds and rent out the home everyone in Spain will have in a few years," read a satirical property ad that has struck a chord with thousands of struggling Spaniards.
Spain has its very own Banksy, an anonymous street artist whose artwork is a cutting but funny take on modern Spain. In this picture gallery, The Local takes a look at Señor X's finest work.
