Pablo Alonso Herráiz will paint the poster for the Picassian Bullfight

The bullfighting season at La Malagueta will open on Holy Saturday, April 19, with the traditional Picassian Bullfight, featuring matadors Fortes, Juan Ortega, and Roca Rey facing bulls from Álvaro Núñez. The event's promotional poster will be signed by the painter and professor Pablo Alonso Herráiz, considered one of the most relevant avant-garde artists in the national scene.

Herráiz will also be in charge of the scenography that will decorate the arena on the day of the event, where a transformation of the La Malagueta bullring will be undertaken, nodding to the upcoming 150th anniversary of the venue, as announced this Monday by Lances de Futuro, the company managing the arena.

The presentation of the poster and scenography will take place on February 12 at 11 AM in the auditorium of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, at the Customs Palace in the capital, with free admission.

"Groundbreaking"

The president of the Malaga Provincial Council, Francisco Salado, has stated that the promotional poster will be of an "avant-garde and groundbreaking" style, unlike anything previously done in relation to bullfighting. He added that while it will be perfectly recognizable within the author's style, it will have clear Mexican influences, based on the characterization of a series of works he developed in Mexico.

Although born in Seville, Pablo Alonso Herráiz has been based in Malaga for over 30 years and combines his artistic work with teaching as a professor at the University of Guadalajara (Mexico). A full member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Telmo, the painter has created posters on various themes, including the brotherhood, as he was responsible for the work that announced the Holy Week of the capital in 2007, featuring Jesus Captive. He also created the poster for the first Picassian Bullfight.