- This Saturday, 28 February 2026, the Museo Picasso Málaga is joining in the celebration of Andalusia Day by offering free admission to all visitors who come to the Palacio de Buenavista between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. (ticket office closes 30 minutes earlier).
- The permanent exhibition Pablo Picasso: Structures of Invention, the unity of a body of work, the temporary exhibitions Picasso Memory and Desire and Elena Asins. Antigone, as well as the opportunity to learn about Renaissance architecture and the building’s archaeological site, as well as other educational spaces, make up the exhibition offering to enjoy art and culture on this festive day.
The Museo Picasso Málaga, which celebrates the life and work of Pablo Ruiz Picasso (1881-1973) in the city where he was born, is joining in the celebration of Andalusia Day this Saturday, 28th February. As it does every year, it is celebrating with an open day during which the public can visit the museum free of charge during its opening hours (currently from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., with admission until 5.30 p.m.). Visitors can delve deeper into the work of this universal Andalusian through the permanent exhibition, Pablo Picasso: Structures of Invention. The unity of a work, an invitation to follow some of the creative paths that the artist used to intertwine Cubism, Classicism and other stages of his work.
One hundred and forty-four works are displayed here, divided into thematic sections that take an in-depth look at particularly significant moments in his career: from his childhood (‘The Unity of Picasso’s Multifaceted Art’) to the revolution that was Cubism (‘A Harmony of “Opposites”: Cubism and Classicism’), the interwar period (‘A hotbed of creativity’) and his intense work with ceramics (‘Living the Mediterranean past and present’), among other stages of Picasso’s career.
As for temporary exhibitions, Picasso Memory and Desire, curated by Eugenio Carmona, Professor of Art History at the University of Malaga, remains open to the public. Based on the oil painting Study with Plaster Head (1925), the exhibition explores the complex relationship between images and the drifts of the modern subject. It does so through the work of Picasso himself and his contemporaries, key figures such as Giorgio de Chirico, Fernand Léger, Salvador Dalí, Jean Cocteau, Man Ray, Claude Cahun and René Magritte.
The other temporary exhibition is part of the ‘MPM Guest Work’ programme and pays tribute to Elena Asins (Madrid, 1940 — Azpíroz, Navarre, 2015), winner of the 2011 National Plastic Arts Award and a pioneer of conceptual and computer art in Spain. In Elena Asins. Antígona, the Museo Picasso Málaga brings together two of the works from the artist’s last creative cycle: the sculpture Antígona (2010-2015), the symbolic culmination of her career, based on the Greek characters of the name of Sophocles’ heroine, ‘Αντιγόνη’, and the black-and-white audiovisual piece Hemón, which lasts more than eight hours. Both belong to the Reina Sofía National Art Museum in Madrid.
In addition to the exhibition rooms, visitors can also enjoy the beauty of the Buenavista Palace, home to the MPM, a magnificent example of 16th-century Andalusian architecture in the heart of the historic centre. Renaissance and Mudejar elements are blended in this building, which was declared a National Monument in 1939. Underground, the archaeological site awaits, housing Phoenician and Roman remains, as well as rooms from the old Renaissance palace that show visitors fragments of Malaga’s history.
It will also be possible to visit the Picasso and Engraving Point to see the Crommelynck press up close and learn about the different engraving techniques used by the artist. Another interesting and educational area of the museum is the Lifeline, a biographical, artistic and historical journey that contextualises the works of Pablo Picasso on display at the Picasso Museum in Malaga, located in the museum’s covered courtyard.
Opening image: View of the exhibition ‘Picasso Memory and Desire’ © Museo Picasso Málaga
Source: Press MUSEO PICASSO MÁLAGA