Presentation of the New Picasso Museum (Malaga, Spain)
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The
past 27th of October the King and Queen of Spain inaugurated the new
Picasso
Museum in Málaga. The King and Queen arrived to the Malaga port on
that Monday. Present at the opening were Chistine
Ruiz-Picasso, her son Bernard, Minister of Culture Pilar del
Castillo and the President of Andalucia, Manuel Chaves. Almost 2000
people visited the gallery on opening day. After official opening
ceremony and praising the results of Chistine’s influence in the
museums creation and generaous donations of family collections, Juan
Carlos and Sofia had the opportunity to see a good portion of the
permanent collection displayed in the 12 halls of the gallery. They
also visited the Roman and Phonecian ruins, displayed in the
basement floors of the museum and which were found during the
restauration of the building.
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Malaga, the city of
Pablo Picasso’s birth, becomes the home to this museum
devoted to one of the most influential artists of the
twentieth century, an artist who was an innovator of artistic
styles and techniques, changing the course of modern art. It
had been a long time desire of the artist himself, as well as
his family, that he have a presence in his birthplace city of
Málaga. The museum is one of three museum in the world
dedicated exclusively to the artist.
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The
new gallery is located in the historic city center and
surrounded by most characteristic monuments : Cathedral,
Arabian Fortress “Alcazaba”, Roman Theater, Gibralfaro
Castle, Picasso’s birthplace at the Plaza de la Merced and
the Iglesia de Santiago, where he was baptised. The majority
of the permanent collection is exhibited in the Palacio de
Buenavista.This lage noble house is typical of Andalusian
architecture of the 16th centruy, with a mixture of
Renaissance and Mudejar elements. Christine Ruiz Picasso,
principal donor of the funds, had expressed her wish that the
building should be of typical Andalusian architecture.
In
its twelve halls, the museum will display amost 200 works of
art which constitute the permanent collection. The art gallery
will include 4 other halls for temporary exhibits. Completing
the installations are an assembly hall, a library, an
educational department and an investigation and a promotion
center.
The
main collection is principally made up of works donated or on
loan from Christine Ruiz-Picasso, daughter-in-law of the
artist, and her son Bernard, grandson of Picasso.The museum
opens with 204 permanent works of which 133 are due to
Christine’s collaboration. An additional 49 works are on
free permanent loan for a period of 10 years. Another 40
pieces are on loan from Bernard for the period of one year. Of
incalculable value, this collection consists of works and
paintings that Picasso gave to his family members and the
majority of the elements in the collection have not been
exhibited to the public before. Among the numerous works to be
seen for the first time are
Olga Kokhlova con mantilla (1917), Madre y niño
(1921-1922) and Retrato de Paulo con gorro blanco
(1923).
Website
of Picasso Museum
www.
museopicassomalaga.org
See image of organization of Museum building
http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2003/graficos/oct/s4/museo_picasso.html
MUSEO
PICASSO MALAGA
Palacio
de Buenavista
San Agustín, 8
29015 Málaga
Tel: 952 60 27 31
Open:
Tuesday
through Thursday: 10:00am. - 8:00 pm.
Friday and Saturday: 10:00am. -
9:00pm.
Sundays and holidays: 10:00am.
- 8:00pm.
Closed Mondays
Entrance
fees:
Collection: 6,00 euros
Exhibits: 4,50 euros
Combined entrance: 8,00 euros.
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