MALAGA.- Museo Picasso Málaga will bring Edvard Munch and Pablo Picasso into closer conversation this month with a study day examining the artistic and personal connections between two of modern art’s most influential figures.

Taking place on October 30, the event is organized in connection with the museum’s temporary exhibition MUNCH-PICASSO and will gather scholars and curators from the Munch Museum in Oslo and the University of Málaga, along with the exhibition’s curator, Paloma Alarcó.

Rather than approaching the two artists only through broad stylistic comparisons, the program will focus on some of the more specific themes that emerge from the exhibition, including the role of women in their lives and work, the representation of the human body, and the ways in which Picasso may have looked toward Munch’s work.

Alarcó will open the program with a talk on women in the lives and artistic production of Munch and Picasso. Trine Otte Bak Nielsen, Chief Curator at the Munch Museum in Oslo, will then explore Munch’s relationship with early proto-Cubist experimentation.

Later in the morning, María Jesús Martínez Silvente of the University of Málaga will examine Picasso’s view of Munch and the possible points of contact between their respective careers. Eugenio Carmona, also from the University of Málaga, will focus on the treatment of the body in the work of both artists.

The day will conclude with a roundtable discussion and an audience question-and-answer session, giving visitors an opportunity to hear the speakers address the broader connections and differences between the two artists.









The event is aimed at arts and cultural professionals, students and the general public, and simultaneous Spanish-English interpretation will be available. Admission is free with advance registration through educacion@mpicassom.org.

The study day accompanies MUNCH-PICASSO, presented with the special collaboration of the Munch Museum and FABA and sponsored by Fundación Unicaja. The exhibition places the work of the Norwegian painter and the Spanish artist in dialogue, highlighting affinities and tensions across their approaches to modern life, identity and the human figure.