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Artistic immunity in the tiny village of Genalguacil

Antonio Javier López

We may be in the midst of a global pandemic, but the tiny village of Genalguacil in the Serranía de Ronda (population 400) was not going to let that stop it holding its Art Encounters, which take place in August every two years. There may have ... display in Genalguacil. Over the past 25 years, locals have turned their attention to art to revive the rural economy. In 2019 an impressive 20,000 visitors came to the village's permanent museum and art gallery. The artists who took part in this year's ... countryside as the basis of Un Paisaje Verde, reproductions of the architecture of Genalguacil against native vegetation which she has reproduced in paint on fabric. Meanwhile Christos Papasotiriou, who is originally from Greece, recreated the belltower of

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Genalguacil won't let the virus get in the way of art

Antonio Javier López

Genalguacil, the tiny village in the Genal valley which has barely 400 inhabitants but whose Art Encounters have become famous in the Spanish contemporary art world and, at the same time, have proved to be an effective weapon against depopulation and oblivion. ... Many places have cancelled cultural events this year because of the uncertainty caused by the coronavirus crisis, but Genalguacil stepped forward and decided to hold this year's encounter as scheduled. The organisers have included an 'anti-Covid' clause ... the participants are unable to come to the village to work. To coincide with the announcement, perhaps as a way of demonstrating its commitment, Genalguacil council has also just installed the wrought- iron balustrades created by Tamara Arroyo as

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Genalguacil listed among top cultural destinations

A. J. LÓPEZ

Genalguacil, a village in Malaga province's Genal valley with barely 400 inhabitants, has been included in a list of Spain's top 100 cultural hotspots. The Culture Observatory, carried out by Fundación Contemporánea, is based on survey responses ... from 1,000 professionals in the cultural sector in Spain. Genalguacil's cultural attraction is its Encuentro de Arte, held for two weeks in August every two years. Selected artists travel the winding mountain roads to create their artistic projects in ... the village, among the locals. They leave the results behind them as part of the village's artistic heritage. Genalguacil was in 15th place on the Andalusian top 20 cultural projects list, which was headed by Seville's flamenco festival and Malaga's

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Crowdfunding to pay for Genalguacil art festival

A. J. LÓPEZ

A well-known art festival in the mountain village of Genalguacil, near Ronda, is using crowdfunding to save the annual event which should have started on Wednesday. Following the withdrawal of funding by the Diputacíon provincial authority over a

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Provincial government withdraws funding for cultural event in Genalguacil

ANTONIO JAVIER LÓPEZ

The 2018 edition of Encuentros de Arte, to be held during the first two weeks of August in the village of Genalguacil, is currently shrouded in uncertainty after the Diputación, (provincial government), recently moved to withdraw funding from the ... Guerrero and claimed that the decision was not political, but rather a result of administrative issues, saying that the Genalguacil council "didn't do things in the right way". The motion was rejected due to the number of votes opposed from members of the ... PP, despite votes in favour from the PSOE, IU, Málaga Ahora and an abstention from Ciudadanos, and an emotive speech from the village's mayor, Miguel Ángel Herrera, who stressed that Genalguacil needed the Encuentros de Arte to stave off depopulation.

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Art is alive and well in the Genal valley

Regina Sotorrío genalguacil

Genalguacil looks like a traditional Andalusian village, full of charm, where the doors are always open and the people are friendly. However it has also become famous over the past two decades as an outdoor art gallery and the home of ‘Arte Vivo’,

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Tender process for seven-million-euro improvement to country roads is restarted

ANTONIO M. ROMERO

MA-7303: Cartajima to Júzcar. MA-7302: Alpandeire to Faraján. MA-7301: Júzcar to Faraján. MA-8302: MA-8301 to Genalguacil. MA-8301: Estepona to Jubrique. Antequera Area MA-6406: A-7278 to Almargen. MA-4403: A-343 to the A-384, at Bobadilla.

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New paved road link in the Sierra Bermeja connects mountain village with Estepona

VANESSA MELGAR ronda

A new 3.5 kilometre section of road has finally provded a link between Genalguacil in the Serranía de Ronda and the Costa del Sol after a 40-year wait. The short stretch of the MA-8302, linking the village in the Valle del Genal to the Peñas ... authority 1.2 million euros and has a viewpoint and pedestrian pathway for some of its length. Local communities in the Valle del Genal area have been campaigning for the road surfacing to help boost local tourism. Mayor of Genalguacil, Miguel Ángel

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Prized international art wows collectors at Art Marbella showcase

...before in a gallery, with work from a broad selection of artists, from as far as the Middle East and as close as those on the doorstep in Marbella. A highlight was the Genalguacil Pueblo Museo, an open air museum in that Valle del Genal village, near

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Seven town halls set to get payouts for 2015 flood repairs

francisco jiménez malaga

...council pulled out as the road they wanted to repair turned out not to belong to them. Ronda and nearby Genalguacil say they have applied but for an unknown reason haven’t appeared on the government’s final list.

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2 February 1497: Celebrations start in Tenerife for Our Lady of the Candelaria

Jennie Rhodes

...town, terminating at the shrine with a fireworks display. Our Lady of the Candelaria is also patron saint of Benagalbón and Genalguacil, as well as villages in Seville, Cordoba and Granada. In Jaén the festival is known as La Virgen de las Roscas.