The Picasso Museum,Malaga.

The Picasso Museum in Malaga is a wonderful tribute to this greatand innovative artist of the twentieth centuary.

It had been a long time desire of the artist himself, as well as his family, that he should have a presence in his birthplace city of Málaga. The Picasso Museum is one of only three in the world dedicated exclusively to the artist.He was one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century being as he was both an innovator of artistic styles and techniques and thus changed the course of modern art.

The Picasso Museum is located in the historic city center and surrounded by most characteristic monuments : Cathedral, Arabian Fortress “Alcazaba”, Roman Theater, Gibralfaro Castle, Picasso’s birthplace at the Plaza de la Merced and the Iglesia de Santiago, where he was baptised. The majority of the permanent collection is exhibited in the Palacio de Buenavista.This lage noble house is typical of Andalusian architecture of the 16th centruy, with a mixture of Renaissance and Mudejar elements. Christine Ruiz Picasso, principal donor of the funds, had expressed her wish that the building should be of typical Andalusian architecture.

In its twelve halls, the Picasso Museum will display amost 200 works of art which constitute the permanent collection. The art gallery will include 4 other halls for temporary exhibits. Completing the installations are an assembly hall, a library, an educational department and an investigation and a promotion center.

One of the 12 Exhibtion halls, perfectly designed to show off the work of this great man.

The main collection is principally made up of works donated or on loan from Christine Ruiz-Picasso, daughter-in-law of the artist, and her son Bernard, grandson of Picasso.The museum opened with 204 permanent works of which 133 are due to Christine’s collaboration. An additional 49 works are on free permanent loan for a period of 10 years. Another 40 pieces are on loan from Bernard for the period of one year. Of incalculable value, this collection consists of works and paintings that Picasso gave to his family members and the majority of the elements in the collection have not been exhibited to the public before. Among the numerous works to be seen for the first time are Olga Kokhlova con Mantilla (1917), Madre y niño (1921-1922) and Retrato de Paulo con Gorro Blanco (1923).

Exhibitions.

26th. March- extended to 9th. Sept. 2007The Pierre and Maria-Gaetana Matisse Collection from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

A selection of paintings, sculptures and drawings by Matisse, Balthus, Chagall, Dubuffet,Giacometti, Magritte and Miró. Taken from the collection of the art dealer Pierre Matisse and his wife Maria-Gaetana von Spreti, part of whch was donated to the New York Museum of Modern Art.

4th. June -16th. September.The Picasso Small Figure Collection in Context.

The aim of the exhibition is to examine the considerable artistic influence on Picasso and others of African and Oceanic sculpture through a small group of represantative African and American sculptures. Also includes works by Picasso which reveal similar characteristics and Gauguin's l'après-midi d'un faune which reflects Polynesian art and symbolisam.

22nd. October-Feb. 2008Picasso,Object and Image.

Curated by Picasso experts Salvador Haro and Harald Thiel the exhibition will assemble 90 pieces including paintings, sculpture, drawings and ceramics. The characteristics of each of these mediums will be analysed and set against the sum of Picaso´s works with regard both to form and to the subject matter chosen by the artist.

The juxtaposition of works will allow the visitor ot observe and discover the connection between the differnet means of expression used by the artist, thus avoiding the tradition or presenting each of the techniques separately.

Address of the Picasso Museum:-

Palacio de Buenavista

c/ San Agustín, 8

29015 Málaga, España.

Tel: (34) 952 127600Fax: (34) 952 127607

Opening hours:Tuesdays -Thursdays: 10:00 am to 8:00 pm

Fridays - Saturdays: 10:00 am to 9:00 pm

Sundays and Holidays: 10:00 am to 8:00 pm.

December 24th and 31th: 10:00 am to 6:00 pm.

Closed Mondays, December 25th, and January 1st.

Entrance fees:

Collection: 6,00 euros

Exhibits: 4,50 euros

Combined entrance: 8,00 euros.

Ticket Desk will remain open until half an hour prior to closing time.

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