Today, Museum Day: free admission, guided tours, and shows this Sunday in Malaga

Following last week's White Night, International Museum Day is celebrated this May 18, coinciding this year on a Sunday. Thus, free admission throughout the day—not just in the afternoon as on other Sundays of the year—is an opportunity to explore both the permanent collections and temporary exhibitions at the iconic art centers of the city of museums. These range from the Kandinsky exhibition at the Pompidou to the painting of the Madrid scene at Carmen Thyssen, and the 'Guernica in Pieces' by Julio Anaya at the Birthplace House. These are the centers open this Sunday with free access and their main attractions and activities:

Visitors to the Buenavista Palace can visit the semi-permanent exhibition 'Pablo Picasso: Structures of Invention. The Unity of a Work,' which traces the work of the artist from Malaga from his youth (1895) to his last compositions in 1972, shortly before his death the following year. The tour includes three oil paintings, one sculpture, one ceramic, three drawings, and two sketchbooks that are exhibited for the first time in Spain, among which the paintings 'Paul (artist's son)' (1922) and 'Woman's Head' (1928), as well as the sculpture 'Leaning Woman' (1933) and 'Spanish Plate Decorated with a Bull's Head' (1957) stand out. Access to the MPM will be available from 10 am to 7 pm (the ticket office closes half an hour earlier).

The institution at Plaza de la Merced hosts one of the season's major exhibitions with 'Guernica in Pieces,' the cardboard version created by Julio Anaya of the mythical work by his fellow countryman Pablo Picasso. In addition to free entry during the day, this emblematic space has scheduled guided tours at 12 pm and 6 pm.

The museum at the Customs Palace will open for free on Sunday, where visitors can explore both the Fine Arts collection with works from the 15th to the 20th century, which includes one of the best collections of nineteenth-century painting, as well as the Archaeological section, a discovery for many visitors. Additionally, on Saturday the 17th, the 'Archeodrome of the Malaga Museum' workshop will be held, where the youngest, accompanied by an adult, can experience a simulated archaeological site and learn how archaeologists work. In the entrance hall, the exhibition 'Come to my house,' organized by the Andalusian Institute of Plastic and Visual Arts, will also be on display, showcasing how five-year-olds have imagined their ideal museum.

Although the museum currently has only a testimonial collection, the Friends of the Russian Association has organized for this Sunday a concert to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the art center by the instrumental trio Intermezzo at 12 pm, in the museum's own auditorium. Guided tours have also been scheduled for the exhibition 'Beyond His Time,' the only temporary exhibition currently on display, which features Russian art collections from the collector José María Castañé, at 12 pm and 6 pm.

The Muelle Uno Museum's main attraction is the exhibition 'Kandinsky. Pioneer of Abstract Art,' for which several guided tours have been organized throughout the day (11:15 am, 12:45 pm, 4:30 pm, and 6:00 pm). For families, the workshop 'I am an artist too' about Kandinsky will be held from 11 am to 12:30 pm. Free entry will be from 9:30 am to 8 pm (last entry 30 min before closing).

The art gallery at the Villalon Palace also offers an open house this Sunday, allowing visitors to explore both the permanent collection and the exhibitions 'Liberated Painting,' about the generation of Spanish painters from the eighties—closely linked to the Madrid scene and figuration—and 'Zurbarán. Saints.' Additionally, a dance activity will be held on Saturday the 17th, performed by students and teachers from the Ángel Pericet Higher Conservatory of Dance of Malaga under the direction of Marina Barrientos and in collaboration with Eva de Alva, Marta González, Beatriz Serrano, Ana Belén Martos, and María Matilde Pérez, offering 15 short-format performances in the inner courtyard at 12 pm.

The latest museum to join Malaga's contemporary art offerings is the former Municipal Heritage Museum, renamed MUCAC La Coracha, which has scheduled guided tours to its new spaces: the exhibition 'Omnimoda. Photography as Display' at 12 pm; 'Nature in Resistance' at 1 pm; 'Yesterday. Collection 1940-1990' at 5 pm; and 'Françoise Vanneraud. The Weight of Fragility' at 6 pm. The activity does not require prior registration. Additionally, the center will host the 'Toast with Dance' performance (12 pm), consisting of 13 pieces of various styles, organized by the Higher Conservatory of Dance.