4 Sep, 2016 @ 10:25
1 min read

Malaga invests €10 million into museums in one year

Malage centre e
HOTSPOT: Malaga tourism figures have soared in recent years

Catedral de MalagaMALAGA invested almost €10 million into museums last year, it has been revealed.

The arrival of two prominent institutions – the Centre Pompidou Malaga and the Collection of the Russian Museum St.Petersburg/Malaga – is part of a drive by the council to transform the city into a global centre for the arts.

Mayor Francisco de la Torre has said the two new additions won’t be the last, promising further transformations.

“We have big plans for the city and there’s more coming to the work we’ve already done,” he said.

The Pompidou alone, which houses works such as Francis Bacon, Frida Kahlo and Marc Chagall, brought around 220,000 visitors in its first year and cost €7 million.

The Russian Museum will stay for ten years, with an option to extend, and set the council back €2 million.

Situated in the same tobacco factory complex as the Automobile Museum and spanning two floors and about 43,000 square feet, it houses 18th-century to modern-day works by prolific artists who are Russian or who have worked in Russia, such as the 19th-century landscape painter Ivan Shishkin and the 20th-century painter Vladimir Gavrilov.

Virginia Irurita, founder of travel company Made for Spain and Portugal said: “Malaga is where you went for a cheap beach holiday. People couldn’t care less about the city itself, but it’s become the place now where all the Spanish want to come and stay to see the museums.”

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

GOT A STORY? Contact newsdesk@theolivepress.es or call +34 951 273 575 Twitter: @olivepress

2 Comments

  1. The Russian Museum does not only present Russian art, but within the cold architecture of the building the smell of old KGB days when the very ‘cool’ curators (or agents?) are watching you from behind while you are walking through the exhibition.
    Quite authentic feeling!

Leave a Reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Delaney
Previous Story

On-the-run member of Irish Kinahan gang spotted in Fuengirola

tennis masters
Next Story

John McEnroe to appear at Marbella Senior Masters Cup

Latest from Business & Finance

Go toTop

More From The Olive Press