Museo Picasso Málaga

The hottest attraction on Málaga’s tourist scene is tucked away on a pedestrian street in what was medieval Málaga’s judería. The Museo Picasso Málaga has 204 Picasso works, donated and lent by his daughter-in-law Christine Ruiz-Picasso and grandson Bernard Ruiz-Picasso, and also stages high-quality temporary exhibitions on Picasso themes. The Picasso paintings, drawings, engravings, sculptures and ceramics on show (many never previously on public display) span almost every phase and influence of the artist’s colourful career – blue period, cubism, surrealism and more, with a fascinating emphasis on early, formative works. Gaze at Niña con su muñeca (Girl with her doll) and marvel. The museum is housed in the 16th-century Palacio de Buenavista, sensationally restored at a cost of €66 million. Picasso was born in Málaga in 1881 but moved to northern Spain with his family when he was nine.