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After announcing the cancellation of all large-format events this summer, the cultural department of Torremolinos town hall has presented a scaled-down summer calendar of events under the banner of 'Tenemos Talento' (We Have Talent). The programme
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Chair of the Nerja Arts Society Helen Sijsling has won an award for her outstanding contribution to the society since she took on the role four years ago. Unbeknown to Helen, the Nerja society's treasurer Robert Durston had nominated her for the ... arts and the Arts Society, should have been presented with the award at the society's AGM which was due to take place in Malaga on 13 May. It would have been the first time the international society's annual meeting took place outside of London. ... am going to buy art from a local artist," she confirmed. Helen has also discovered that this is only the second time a Marsh Christian Trust award has gone to an Arts Society member outside the UK. The first one went to a member of a New Zealand
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...this Tuesday, 26 May, as part of a city-wide coordinated initiative to promote the arts. While the dimensions of the Picasso-Museo Casa Natal (Picasso's birthplace) have given management a bit of a headache trying to guarantee the two-metre safety
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arts at an early age. Her mother was a member of Porthcawl Operatic Society, and it was not long before Cath made her debut on stage. "I always had an interest in music and theatre. My first time on stage was in Fiddler on the Roof. Although I was
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...determined his stylistic changes? These are the questions that speaker Alejandra Carazo will address in her talk for the Arts Society Benahavís. There can be no better speaker than Alejandra. She studied Art at the University of Malaga and subsequently Art
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The next Nerja Arts Society lecture, which will take place at the town's cultural centre on Tuesday 18 February, will be given by international journalist Anne-Marie O'Connor. INFORMATION When. Tuesday 18 February, 5pm (doors open 4pm) Where. ... foreign and war correspondent and writer. She has visited Nerja before as she is good friends of Nerja Arts Society members, Anne Duse and her husband Andreas Ekma Duse, who Anne-Marie met while the couple were living in Los Angeles. The lecture will
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Will Gompertz is well known as one of the most influential commentators on the global art scene. Author of the bestseller What Are You Looking At?, the BBC's arts editor will be in Malaga next Wednesday to give a talk at the Picasso Museum titled
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The Royal Academy of Arts in London is about to open the most complete exhibition ever to have been organised about Pablo Picasso's use of paper. There are more than 300 works, most of them on loan from the Paris museum dedicated to the Malaga-born ... is part of a major tourism and cultural campaign organised by Malaga in London this week in synergy with the prestigious Royal Academy of Arts. The signing of the agreement was attended by the CEO of Turismo Costa del Sol, Margarita del Cid; the ... mayor of Malaga, Francisco de la Torre, and the president of the Royal Academy of Arts (RAA), Rebecca Salter, with Cristina Rico on behalf of Fundación Unicaja and Juan de Mata Sanz representing Unicaja Banco.
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...all over the world. With this in mind the mayor of Malaga, Francisco de la Torre, visited the Royal Academy of Arts this week to finalise details of the city's sponsorship of a new exhibition to open there in January, Picasso and Paper.
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...alternative free festivals on the coast, establishing itself as a showcase for contemporary artistic expression. The healing arts festival will offer something for everyone, including live music, dance and fitness classes, natural health workshops, food