Cultural Agenda Exhibitions, Concerts, Lectures and Book Launches along the Costa del Sol Warhol Exhibition at Guggenheim
Spanish premiere of Pollock Mural
LEGENDARY MURAL BY JACKSON POLLOCK Considered by many experts to be the most important painting in US modern art, Jackson Pollock’s Mural will be on show at Museo Picasso Málaga from 1 April to 11 September. This is the first time, “and perhaps the last” according to then museum, that the mural (which measures six metres wide by almost 2.5 metres high) will be shown in Spain. The artwork is the largest painted by Pollock, and represented a turning point in his career, entailing an evolution from figurative painting to abstract expressionism. www.museopicassomalaga.org
SHADOWS BY ANDY WARHOL The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is exhibiting Shadows (1977-78) by Andy Warhol until 2 October, 102 large-format, silk-screened panels that reflect some of the artist’s explorations with abstraction.” Far from replicas,” explain the organisers, “each Shadow corresponds to a form that reveals its space with precision and selfawareness, directing the spectator’s gaze to light, the central subject of the series. By focusing on the shadow to devise light as sparks of colour, Warhol returns to the quintessential problem of art: perception. As he asserted, ‘When I look at things, I always see the space they occupy. I always want the space to reappear, to make a comeback, because it’s lost space when there’s something in it.’” www.guggenheim-bilbao.org
COSTA DEL SOL DFAS Three lectures organised by the Costa del Sol Decorative and Fine Arts Society are scheduled for March and April. • Leipzig: Architecture, Art and Music – JS Bach, Mendelssohn and Wagner: Monday 14 March at 4.30 pm, Salon Varietes (Fuengirola), lecturer Dennis Moriaty. • Granada – a Story of the Opposite Hill (a walk through Islamic Granada in the 15th century): Tuesday 15 March at 10.30, Danish Club, Urb. Haza del Algarrobo, Mijas-Fuengirola Road, lecturer Rafael Anderson. • The Woven Art and Symbolism of the Nomadic Tribes of Iran and Afghanistan: Monday 11 April at 4.30 pm, Salon Varietes (Fuengirola), lecturer Brian Macdonald. Visitors are welcome (€10) www.costadelsoldfas.com
BENAHAVÍS DFAS The Benahavís Decorative and Fine Arts Society is organising two lectures in March and April. • In the Footsteps of Van Gogh: Tuesday 22 March at 6.30pm, Benahavís Town Hall, lecturer Peter Webb. • When Brian Clicked – Fab Photos from the Swing Sixties: Tuesday 26 April at 6.30pm, Benahavís Town Hall, lecturer Brian Stater. Doors open at 5.30 pm – café/bar available. www.benahavisdfas.com/events
NEW NOVEL FROM MARION LEIGH Costa del Sol-based thriller writer Marion Leigh launched her latest novel, Dead Man’s Legacy, in February at Bookworld Puerto Banús. A sequel to The Politician’s Daughter, the book takes the reader on “a fast-paced tour of the Bahamas, Las Vegas and the Great Lakes of North America in an exhilarating tale of money, greed, treachery and lust”. Dead Man’s Legacy is available in paperback from Bookworld, Amazon, The Book Depository and other outlets, as well as in e-book format. www.marionleigh.com HOMEANDLIFESTYLE.ES
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