what to visit in Malaga

The Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966) said somewhere that what motivated his unforgettable paintings and sculptures, that are still considered some of the most outstanding works of art of the first half of the 20th century, was the personal aim of attacking, of feeding off, of defending one self, of being as big as possible, [...]

With works yet to be completed, and some controversy still in the air, the first temporary exhibition is still gong ahead at the Malaga Carmen Thyssen Museum on 10, Calle Compañía in the Andalusian capital. The show will take the title La tradición moderna en la Colección Carmen Thyssen. Monet, Picasso, Matisse, Miró, and will [...]

The scandal surrounding the Viñetas en el frente exhibition, which Christine Ruiz-Picasso, president of honour of the Malaga Picasso Museum Foundation, and daughter-in-law of the Spanish painter, refused to inaugurate due to political reasons, has detracted slightly from the buzz, and relevance of the fact that for the first time in seven years of the [...]

This is the first time in the history of the Picasso Museum in Malaga (http://www2.museopicassomalaga.org/), that two different exhibitions are hosted simultaneously. One of these exhibitions, Cartoons on the front line, has been surrounded by controversy from the day of its presentation on the 20th of June, when Christine Ruiz-Picasso, honorary president of the Museum [...]

With the work of German artist Martin Kippenberg, whose plastic and painting  work has been recognized by international critics as one of the foremost exponent of the art of the 80′s and 90′s, the Picasso Museum in Malaga will inaugurate the exhibition” Kippenberg looked at Picasso“ on February 21 and which will remain open until May 29. Dormunt Martin Kippenberg was born in Germany in 1953. These were post war years and Germany was at the epicentre of the Cold War. The context was the symbol of the Holocaust, the division of the world reflected in the construction of the Berlin Wall, American troops and the implementation of their culture that rearranged the social imaginary German and symbols. Within this frame a rebellious generation known [...]

His admired Granada countryman, the poet and playwright Federico Garcia Lorca once wrote that life is not noble, good or holy. Hardly ever seems this phrase as certain as now that, incomprehensibly, great flamenco singer Enrique Morente is dead, leaving a void that may not be exaggeration to call irreplaceable both artistically and in the [...]

Dyslexia is a handicap in our society. However, psychologists from the University of Middlesex seem to have reached a totally opposite conclusion: the reading disorder may be the root of the geniality of some of the most important artists of all times as Pablo Picasso and Leonardo da Vinci. An absolutely revolutionary theory. To test their [...]

The painting of Guernica is the most emblematic work of the twentieth century or even the most important in the history of art. Surely you know which painting it is ? Perhaps one of the best ways to see this giant painting, is by visiting the land of its Andalusian artist, the famous painter Pablo [...]