ON THIS DAY: The death of Pablo Picasso – but is he Spain’s greatest ever artist?
PABLO Picasso died on 8 April, 1973. He was 91 years of age. He is generally acknowledged to be the most important artist of the
Retired matador, 51, gored to death on the Costa del Sol while preparing animal for Easter bullfight
A RETIRED matador has been gored to death in Malaga while preparing the animals for a traditional Easter weekend Picasso-themed bullfight. Ricardo Ortiz, 51, was
Spanish police find painting believed to be €600,000 Picasso masterpiece that disappeared en route to Andalucia
POLICE investigating the disappearance of a tiny €600,000 painting by master artist Pablo Picasso believe they have finally located the missing work. Naturaleza muerta con
Spanish police launch investigation after €600,000 Picasso painting disappears en route to Andalucia
AN investigation has been launched into the disappearance of a tiny painting by legendary Spanish artist Pablo Picasso, which vanished en route to an exhibition
Spanish police recover rare modernist artwork stolen from Barcelona museum 16 years ago
SPAIN’S Policia Nacional have successfully recovered a rare artwork from a leading Catalan artist – sixteen years since the painting was snatched from a Barcelona
Picasso: The Spanish painter’s enduring relationship with Asia
PABLO PICASSO’S artworks hang in galleries thousands of kilometres away from his original hometown of Malaga, with several key pieces now adorning the walls of
Fake Picasso and Palencia works are rumbled in Spain: Fraudsters were selling pieces for €13.5 million
THE Policia Nacional have seized three fake paintings by Pablo Picasso and one by Benjamin Palencia that were going to be sold for €13.5 million.
Must-visit: The best ‘house museums’ of Spain’s greatest ever artists – including Picasso, Dali and Goya
AS the summer heat arrives, the crowds head to the beaches. But as thermometers hit the sizzling 40s those-in-the-know are usually to be found hunting
World’s first museum of ‘forbidden’ art opens in Spain – and it’s not for the faint-hearted
A PAINTING of the Virgin Mary masturbating and a model of Spanish dictator General Franco in a fridge are just a couple of the bizarre
More than 151,000 people flock to ‘Picasso as a Sculptor: Matter and Body’ exhibition in Malaga
PICASSO has triumphed once again in his home town, solidifying his enduring legacy as one of Malaga’s most celebrated and influential figures. ‘Picasso as a
Exhibitions to celebrate Spain’s Picasso receive more than a million people in first half of the anniversary
THE Picasso Celebration 1973-2023, an initiative promoted by the governments of Spain and France that pays tribute to the artist on the 50th anniversary of
Summer workshops for children in Spain’s Picasso Museum
ART galore with creative workshops for children at the Picasso Museum in Malaga this summer. The Museo Picasso Málaga (MPM) has opened the registration period
Ploughs at the ready: Italian artist carves Picasso portrait in field to mark 50th Anniversary
IT’S 50 years since the death of one of Spain’s, and indeed one of the world’s, most venerated artists, Pablo Picasso. In order to mark
PICASSO QUIZ: HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ABOUT ART a) Nothing, b) Lots
It’s Picasso Year, in case you hadn’t noticed. April 8, 2023 marks a significant anniversary of the death of the great Spanish modern artist, and
Museums and statue of Pablo Picasso lead tourist enquiries in Spain’s Malaga
IN 2022, the tourist offices in Malaga attended almost 700,000 visitors, whose queries were monopolised by the cultural and museum offer of the capital. As
Spain’s Antonio Banderas seeks to launch musical in English about Malaga-born artist Pablo Picasso
STAR of innumerable Hollywood movies, Antonio Banderas, has revealed that he is initiating negotiations with some Broadway companies about staging a musical in English about
The Picasso Museum in Spain’s Malaga closes 2022 with more than 640,000 visitors—close to record pre-pandemic numbers
THE Picasso Museum Málaga (MPM), the flagship of Malaga’s cultural offering, has received a total of 641,216 visitors throughout 2022. The figure is just shy
Spain’s Picasso Museum to organise children’s workshop over Christmas
The Museo Picasso Malaga (MPM), following tradition, will organise its annual Christmas workshop for children. This year, the workshop will have a focus on light
Why photos of Malaga city in Spain are being displayed across London
Millions of tourists who ride London’s popular visitor buses will get a little sneak peak of Malaga. Images of Malaga will be on show throughout
FREE international seminar on Picasso to be held mid November in Spain’s Malaga
THE Picasso Museum Malaga together with the General Foundation of the University of Malaga (FGUMA) have come together to organise an international seminar on the
Fly art: Passenger caught smuggling original Picasso into Ibiza airport
SPANISH authorities have announced that they seized a stolen Picassso painting at Ibiza airport earlier this month. Airport workers discovered a sketch attributed to the
REVIEW: Leone is definitely roaring in frontline Puerto Banus on Spain’s Costa del Sol
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Russian Museum in Spain’s Malaga reopens its doors with 350 works by Picasso
THREE and a half weeks after its closure, Malaga’s Russian Museum has reopened its doors in the Tabacalera building. The Tabacalera building, which also houses
Warhol picture of Marilyn Monroe takes ‘most expensive’ title from Spain’s Pablo Picasso
PABLO Picasso has lost his place as creator of the 20th-century’s most expensive work of art. Andy Warhol’s iconic picture of Marilyn Monroe has just
Spain’s Malaga, Murcia and Cadiz all featured in Europe’s best free art gallery list
SPAIN is home to three of Europe’s most highly rated free art galleries, a new survey has found. The findings, published by Online learning centre
Guernica: Spain’s government refuses to let Picasso’s Civil War masterpiece be displayed in the Basque Country’s Guggenheim Museum
A BID to put Picasso’s masterpiece Guernica on display in the Basque country has been rebuffed. The picture, depicting the 1937 bombing of the Basque