Malaga Province is Art Lovers' Paradise
Although the world-class exhibitions are being staged in the city of Malaga, art galleries in Marbella, Mijas, Fuengirola and elsewhere at the Costa del Sol needn't be worried that art lovers might overlook what they're offering. From Marbella to the city of Malaga, the province is an art lover's paradise even in winter, with a mouth-watering array of exhibitions currently taking place.
Here's what's still on show in Marbella:
Closing on 4th February, an exhibition titled “El favor de las Bellas” showcases works by Ángeles Agrela at the Galeria Yusto, Giner, C/Madera. It is the artist's first individual exhibition, exploring the human form in sketches, paintings, photographs and videos.
Peruvian artist Cecilia Noriega-Bozovich is exhibiting 21 canvases at Gallery Cortijo Miraflores, C/San Pedro Alcántara until 13th February. The exhibition is called “Kuu: Poéticas de la luna”.
Specialising in contemporary art, including, sculpture, Marbella's ultra-hip Benezra Gallery at La Quinta, which is located between Marbella and San Pedro, is showing works by eight emerging artist until 31st March 2017. Art lovers will also find impressionists' works and fine art on sale at this gallery.
What's arty about Mijas and Fuengirola?
“Shutterbugs” Camera Club is exhibiting photographs in Mijas at Centro Cultural La Cala until 6th February, showing just how much local talent there is in the area.
Local artist Richard Wood is exhibiting paintings at Casa Museo de Mijas until 13th February and a collection of art works by Anne Engholm, Henri Kivioja, Kristina Lähteenmäki-Hein, Pirjo Ouvinen and Victoria Rodriguez Castillo are on show under the title “Colours of Hope” at Arroyo de la Miel, Fogga de Málaga, Blas Infante 31, Urb. Bello Horizonte, until 9th February 2017. (please see www.facebook.com/foggamalaga for further details).
38 Picassos and a Sprinkling of Bacon, Freud and School of London
Meanwhile, Malaga's famous Pablo Picasso Museum is running two exceptional exhibitions this year that should have fans of 20th century art salivating in anticipation. Open from 10.00 am to 6.00 pm every day of the week, Malaga's much-loved museum is showing 38 paintings by Picasso until 26th March 2017 that were created between 1903 and 1972, spanning almost the entire creative life of the artist. This special exhibition proves, if proof were needed, how versatile and prolific Picasso was and how his themes and artworks evolved over the decades. The exhibition includes the small oil painting “Acrobat” from 1930, and many paintings depicting members of his family, such as his children by Marie-Thérèse and Françoise Gilot for example. These paintings are new loans and have not been shown at the Museum before.
Works of Bacon, Freud and School of London artists will be on show at the museum from 26th April to 17th September 2017. What these artists have in common is that they're paintings are centred on the human figure, showing us a vision of everyday life and landscape in the 20th century. The artworks convey both the vitality, but also vulnerability of the human condition. Translating life into art by exploring new styles and artistic approaches, these artists reinvented the way in which the human form and the human condition were shown on canvas in a post-war world.
The exhibition includes works by Francis Bacon, Lucien Freud, Michael Andrews and Frank Auerbach, David Bomberg, William Coldstream, R B Kitaj and Leon Kossof, Paula Rego and Euan Uglow. The exhibition is a collaboration between Museo Pablo Picasso Malaga and Tate London. Among the highlights is Lucien Freud's “Girl with a White Dog” (1950-1951).