DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

Culture activists have taken a stretch of Santiago’s historic center and turned it into a gallery of European masterpieces. Sixty-one high-quality reproductions of works from the renowned Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid, Spain have taken over the streets, offering the public a direct encounter with the essence of one of the world’s most important art institutions.

Dubbed “El Prado in the Streets,” the exhibition, anchored by the perimeter fence of the Centro León, extends about half a kilometer along Calle Benito Monción and culminates at Parque Duarte where the city cathedral is located.

Where once the walls told only local stories, they now exhibit centuries of universal art history. From El Bosco and Velázquez to Rubens, Goya, and Sorolla, the public display turns the urban landscape into a vibrant, free-access museum.

The exhibition will run through most of January 2026 before it moves on to be exhibited in Santo Domingo, Bani and Punta Cana.

The curation, led...