Museo Jorge Rando

The Museo Jorge Rando in Málaga, which opened in June 2014, is dedicated to the Spanish artist Jorge Rando, who lives in Málaga and Hamburg. His artistic development was strongly shaped by his time in Germany, where he studied philosophy and drew inspiration from Central European influences. The museum serves as a center for Expressionist and Neo-Expressionist movements and sees itself as a living room for art. It combines the presentation of Rando's work with a broad cultural program that includes film screenings, lectures, colloquia, and workshops. Its aim is to foster cultural dialogue and to house a research center for Expressionism, supported by an extensive library of art-historical and philosophical works.

Architecturally, the museum is located in the El Molinillo district and occupies part of the Las Madres Mercedarias convent, which was inaugurated in 1893 and designed by Manuel Rivera Valentín. Beginning in 2011, the city of Málaga converted the building into a museum under the direction of architect José Antonio González Vargas. The architecture combines the convent's historic fabric with modern elements of exposed-aggregate concrete and oxidized steel, so that the starkness of Expressionist art meets the sacred character of the place. All of the rooms are flooded with natural light. Following a renovation and expansion in 2020, the museum has nine exhibition spaces and an interior courtyard with a historic mandarin tree dating from the convent's founding.

In addition to the exhibitions, you can take part in guided tours and discussions with art historians, which are offered without advance registration and with no minimum group size. The art school Escuela Randoniana, which offers creative workshops for children and teenagers, plays a special role. Past highlights have included series of works such as Prostitution, Motherhood, and the Passion cycle, as well as an interpretation of the work of Käthe Kollwitz. The first major exhibition of Ernst Barlach in Spain was also shown here. The museum thus remains a place of exchange where art, philosophy, and history come together.