The Malaga of Picasso: the city where the genius was born commemorates his death

Picasso Year in Malaga features major exhibitions in the two cultural centres most closely associated with the artist. The Picasso Museum Malaga exhibits “Picasso: Body and Matter” and "The Echo of Picasso". The Picasso House-Museum is hosting "Pablo's ages" and "The Image of Picasso".These are not the only participants in this initiative, since you can also attend activities like exhibitions, conferences and concerts in different cultural centres, e.g. the Jorge Rando Museum, the San Telmo Royal Academy of Fine Arts and the Interactive Museum of Music of Malaga.

For many years now, Malaga has been offering the possibility of touring the city with stops at places linked to the artist's life, who was born there in 1881. Take this tour and discover the family and artistic environment of Picasso's early years, which will help you better understand who he was and how he evolved. You will find out, for instance, that Picasso's father was a drawing assistant at the School of Fine Arts in Malaga and a curator at the Municipal Museum, which was key to the painter's future.

If you have always been fascinated by Picasso's universe, do not hesitate to come to Malaga, to find a large number of paintings, sketches, drawings and ceramics by the artist. On your visit, you will surely come to better understand the personality of the creator who revolutionised the 20th-century artistic scene. And his work, which features themes like bullfighting, pigeons and the Mediterranean that clearly originate in his childhood memories. "Look, there, to the south, is Malaga", Picasso repeated from France with affection for his land. The hometown he never forgot.