Thyssen Museum in Malaga

Francisco de Zurbarán, The Birth of the Virgin, c. 1625–1630, Pasadena, Norton Simon Museum (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Thursday March 24 2011, was inaugurated the Carmen Thyssen Museum Malaga, which can be visited free of charge from Friday 25 to Sunday 27.

The permanent collection consists of a total of 230 works from the Carmen Thyssen Collection, from the most famous Spanish painters of the nineteenth century, with special attention to the Andalusian painting. The Collection features artists such as Zurbarán, Sorolla, Zuloaga, Romero de Torres, Gomez Gil, Moreno Carbonero and Barron.

In addition to the permanent collection, this year the museum will have three temporary exhibitions:

• “From Picasso to Tàpies“: Spanish Painting of the twentieth century art by artists like Picasso, Torres-Garcia, Cossio, Saura and Tàpies, from April 11 onwards.
• “Monet: The house among roses“, which will focus on this painting by the French painter and which will be completed with works from the same period to reflect on the artist’s relationship with his garden.
• “Sorolla in Andalusia“, in November with 80 pieces of the mature work of the Valencian painter.

The Thyssen Museum is located in the fifteenth century palace Palacio de Villalon, in calle Compania in the historic centre of Malaga, just 500 meters from the Picasso Museum.

Opening hours:

• Tuesday to Friday from 10 am to 8 pm.
• Saturdays and Sundays from 10 am to 9 pm.
• Closed Mondays.

 

Contemporary Art Center of Malaga – CAC Malaga

The CAC Malaga is located in the tenth position of the world’s most influential contemporary art museums in the ranking of the German magazine “Capital”.

The Contemporary Art Center of Malaga has several important exhibitions scheduled for 2011 and is expected to maintain and raise the level of exposures.

The budget handled by CAC one of the lowest in the country; with about 2.8 million Euros the center supports and exhibits works of contemporary artists and influential individual artists.

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Museums in Malaga

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With over twenty museums, fifteen of them concentrated in one area, Malaga has become a true City of Museums. Only the old quarter will bring together, with the addition of new projects (Museum of Fine Arts) up to 24 museum spaces that make Malaga to one of the cities with the highest density of museums in its historical centre.

You can do themed tours or focus on the most important museums; certainly there are options for all tastes, from religious art to contemporary art, popular art or the interactive museum, while highlighting, obviously, the figure of Picasso represented by the Picasso Birthplace Museum and the Picasso Museum Malaga.

We would also like to mention the Art Natura Malaga, a large complex of cultural entertainment where sciences, arts, cultural performances and cuisine combine to surprise and entertain the whole family. These installations also hold the world’s largest permanent exposition of gemstones.

Art Natura is located in the emblematic and elegant complex of buildings of the former Tabacalera de Málaga, next to the sea, 10 minutes from Malaga airport and the historical center and 5 minutes from the city railway station, easily accessible from anywhere in the Costa del Sol.

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