MALAGA locals have decided it is beach weather and along La Malagueta beach, dozens have gathered to soak up the winter sun. No one’s quite daring to get in the sea, but the sun is out and the ...

In the Plaza de la Merced, in Malaga, Spain—a stone’s throw from the 19th-century town house where Pablo Ruiz Picasso was born—is a bronze statue of the artist sitting on a bench, staring at jacaranda ...

Picasso’s birthplace—an apartment block in Málaga—has been converted to a foundation (fundacionpicasso.malaga.eu) that organises exhibitions and educational projects in his name. However, there is ...