Centro de Arte Contemporáneo and more Flamenco

Saturday February 15 was another beautiful sunny day with a high of 19C. We headed out late morning to the wonderful Mercado Atarazanas, which is open from Monday to Saturday from 8 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. It is a very large market with some great purveyors.

We started with the olives (aceitunas), a staple of Spanish food

Lots and lots of olives

Stained-glass window

Where we bought artichokes

There were at least a dozen amazing fish stalls. Very hard to choose!

Fresh fish

These were too big for us

Our dorade

Doradas Frescas--- yum

Lots of sheep cheese!

We walked back to the apartment with our purchases.

More street music

Interviews at the fan zone on Constitution Plaza

We had lunch at the apartment and then headed out to the Soho neighbourhood to go to the Centre de Arte Contempráneo (Centre of Contemporary Art). First stop in the 'hood was Santa Canela for a coffee. They roast their beans on-site.

Santa Canela

Alano and his coffee

The Centro de Arte Contemporáno is housed in a converted 1930s wholesale market on the river estuary. Painted entirely white, the museum hosts temporary shows featuring the work of well-known contemporary artists. It also has a small permanent collection. Admission is free.

Outside of the Centro-- posters for the two temporary exhibits

Side view of building

The first show was Carlos Léon : Tomando distancia (Keeping One's Distance). The exhibit featured a survey of his work during the last decade. Léon, born in 1948 in Ceuta, is a very well known Spanish artist.

Los meteoros, 2019

La brecha (Homenaje a José Guerrrero), 2017

Per se, 2019

El estanque cifrado, 2009-2016

The second exhibit was Robert Motherwell (1915-1991): Collages. The exhibit featured 26 works on paper made between 1960 and 1989. There were a number of interesting works, that we both liked.

Midday Sun, 1960

McCartney in Brazil, 1978/79

Cathedral II, 1977

Untitled, 1975

The Red and Black No. 35, 1987/88

There was also a room with some pieces from their permanent collection.

Sylvie Fleur (b. 1961) Naughty but nice, 2003

Jean-Michel Basquiat, Andy Warhol, Francesco Clemente, Horizontal Painting, 1984

Javier Hirschfeld ( b. Málaga, 1979) Miguel de Moreno, 2014

Gonzalo Fuentes (b. Málaga, 1991) New perspective corner, 2016

MP &MP Rosado ( b. San Fernando, Cádiz, 1971) Sujeto #1 and #2, 2017

After our visit to the Centre, we walked a bit in the neighbourhood. Unfortunately, a number of stores close Saturday afternoon, so not much was open. There is quite a bit of graffiti in the Soho neighbourhood. Some of it is very good.

Beautiful piece

Lots of colour

As we walked in the sun, I noticed the ad for the Carnaval de Málaga. The basketball tournament (Copa del Rey) ends on Sunday February 16 and the Carnaval starts on February 21.

We crossed the river bed to go to the Cortes Inglés department store where Alano wanted to see if they had any Copa del Rey swag. Unfortunately, the pop up store was pretty decimated. I did get to pose with a very heavy copy of the trophy.

Glad I had my Raptor Championship hat

We ran into some street dancers heading up the marble- clad Calle Marqués de Larios (the Main Street of Málaga).

We walked through Constitution Plaza on the way back to the apartment.

# COPAACB - spray painting complete!

We had a rest and then headed out to meet our friends for an evening of traditional flamenco at the Peña Juan Breva at Museo de Arte Flameco, the oldest and most prestigious peña (private flamenco club). There are a small number of tables to sit at and there are snacks and beer served before the performance. Most of the people in attendance were Spanish and it was a great audience.

Two dancers, singer and guitarist

The woman dancer was incredible

Male dancer was only 20

The flamenco show was over by 9:45 p.m. We then went with David and Vicky to eat at El Otro Tapeo de Cervantes, which has been said to have some of the best tapas in Málaga. Having now eaten there, we have to agree.