The Museum Jorge Rando is the first

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museum in Málaga, Andalusia, Spain. Dedicated to the painter Jorge Rando, it collects his works and it temporally hosts the works of other national and international artists belonging to this movement. It was officially inaugurated on May 28, 2015. fachada2mjr

The Museum

The mission of the museum is centered first of all on the study and the diffusion of the Jorge Rando work, as well as on the investigation about poetics of Expressionism, a movement which started at the end of the 19th century and is still pretty active in our times, and thanks to it some of the most fecund contributions to the contemporary

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, in the wider sense, originated. The study and the representation of the different artistic facets, such as painting, sculpture, architecture, philosophy, literature, cinema, and music, are included among its priorities. tallerescear

It is a museum which is meant to be the reflection of Jorge Rando's work, originating a cultural philosophy homologated to his thinking. Moved by the

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"Doors are always open… so that people can go inside and the museum goes outside", it has become a museum which looks at the

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s under a spiritual and humanistic perspective. sala4mjr

Entrance and guided tours assistance are all free. teatropersonnemjr

Exhibitions

Jorge Rando Work

The rooms host Jorge Rando's artistic production, with an expositive discourse on the move, characterized by the interchange of the artist’s different themed cycles, in order to accompany the artwork of the invited artists. grupoprostitucionjorgerando

Temporary Exhibitions

The temporary

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embrace national and international artists bound to expressionism or

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. During its first year it held an exhibition of the drawings of the artist

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and on the 14th of the following December there will be inaugurated the first magna exhibition in Spain of the sculptor

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La Sala de Estar del Arte

The museum is meant to be the Living Room of Art (La Sala de Estar del Arte). All throughoutthe year it embraces representations of different artistic disciplines. El color del sonido (The color of the sound) is the cycle dedicated to music; Luces y sombras (Lights and Shadows) is the film screening and discussion cycle, with introduction and a debate at the end; El Gabinet is the cycle dedicated to literature, theatre, and narrative; Arte (Art) is the cycle dedicated to art discussions and

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s, and artistic meetings, while Lo que está pasando (What is going on) is the cycle dedicated to the debate about different themes and issues, coordinated by the

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chair of Communication of Málaga University. ciclocinemjr

Visits and education

The museum offers Guided tours, that need neither to be booked nor a minimum number of participants. They are discussions offered by

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, in which prefixed guidelines do not exist: they are meant to be an exchange of impressions related to the visitant requests and the necessities, so that every visit turns into a discovery and a mutual enrichment. sala3mjr

Also personalized tours can be arranged, for groups that have special necessities. There is a program aimed to let expressionism,

, and the

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in general become closer to students, thanks to guided tours, artistic

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s, and debate meetings. Patrona de Málaga (2007) by Jorge Rando

The Building

The Museum Jorge Rando is an integral part of the Las Mercedarias

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, in via Cruz del Molinillo, Málaga. It was built on the drawings of the architect D. Manuel Rivera Valentín (1878) and it is considered an emblematic building, mainly of

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interest. A magnificent specimen of

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tree stands out in the posterior inner yard of the

: more than 140 years ago it was planted by the founder of the

. The adjustment works made to a part of the

, in order to turn it into the museum, were started in 2011 by the

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of Málaga and they finished during the Spring 2014, under the direction of the architect D. José Antonio González Vargas. The strength of expressionist art could not have found a better place than one that preserves such a spiritual implication.

Installations

The Museum Jorge Rando has combined in its construction the old side of the

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with the new

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in béton brut (raw concrete) and

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. A synergy that combines the spirituality and quietness of the

with the strength of the Expressionist art. It has four exposition rooms illuminated by

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: this is one of the most relevant points of the construction. Moreover, in the museum there are other spaces like the library, the inner yard and the

, which is the space dedicated to the creation of

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s. A group of artists usually make regular use of it, making it a meeting point where the dialogue between artists,

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s, and visitors is always open, allowing the continuous exchange of opinions and the debate about Art and culture.

Administration

The direction, administration and all the activities of the museum, such as the exhibition, the cycles of debate related to art and the aesthetics of expressionism, the workshops, and seminars, etc., will be under the direction of the Jorge Rando Foundation.

References

External links

Museum Jorge Rando
Página oficial Museum Jorge Rando.

El Museum Jorge Rando abre el telón.

Itinerarios por el expressionismo.

El Museum Jorge Rando ya es una realidad.

Un centenar de obras de pintura y escultura inauguran el Museo Jorge Rando en la capital.
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Jorge Rando abre su museo como "sala de estar" consagrada al expressionismo.

Un centenar de obras de pintura y escultura inauguran el Museo Jorge Rando en la capital

Museum Rando wird im Pimpi vorgestell

Museum Jorge Rando veranstaltet einen Käthe-Kollwitz-Monat

Käthe Kollwitz wect die Neugier der Malagueños

Museum Rando veranstaltet Musik-Samstage

Mandarino político
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La Cátedra Unesco de Comunicación organiza en la capital un ciclo de debates sobre la actualidad de España

"Horizontes Verticales", exposición en el Museum Jorge Rando de Málaga
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Por primera vez una universidad y un museo colaboran internacionalmente
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Exposición "Horizontes Verticales'´ Museum Jorge Rando

Desaprendizajes

La relación de Jorge Rando con la naturaleza protagoniza una nueva muestra temporal en su museo

Foro FITUR en Museum Jorge Rando
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Kunst voller Emotionen
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Dibujos de Käthe Kollwitz en la primera exposición temporal de la Fundación Rando de Málaga
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Begegnung. Encuentro Käthe Kollwitz – Jorge Rando

Un diálogo de autores en el Museo Rando

Culture seekers in Malaga
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Visitas que sorprenden en el Museo Jorge Rando
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Una revista alemana ensalza Málaga e insta a visitar el Museo Jorge Rando
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El Museum Jorge Rando, nueva localización para rodar en Málaga
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La Sala de estar del Arte en Málaga
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Ayuntamiento y Fundación Jorge Rando recuperan el edificio anexo al Convento de las Mercedarias que abre como museo y revitaliza el barrio de la Goleta

Ayuntamiento y Fundación Jorge Rando recuperan el edificio anexo al Convento de las Mercedarias que abre como museo y revitaliza el barrio de la Goleta
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Jorge Rando abre su museo como "sala de estar" consagrada al expressionismo

Jorge Rando abre su museo como "sala de estar" consagrada al expressionismo

Itinerarios por el expressionismo y las pasiones del pintor Jorge Rando

El Museo Jorge Rando entra en capilla {{DEFAULTSORT:Museum Jorge Rando Modern art museums in Spain Contemporary art galleries in Spain Art galleries established in 2015