We’ve long known it informally to be the case, and now it’s official: the Andalucían city of Málaga is in the top three cities in Spain for artistic and cultural attractions and activities. The rise in status, as reported by SUR in English, has been confirmed by the influential ‘Observatory of Culture’ index, which is produced every year by the FundaciónContemporánea. The index shows Málaga behind only Madrid and Barcelona among the country’s highest ranked cultural cities.

1. Málaga Declared One Of Spain’s Top
Three Cities For The Arts And Culture
We’ve long known it informally to be the case, and
now it’s official: the Andalucían city of Málaga is in the
top three cities in Spain for artistic and cultural
attractions and activities.
The rise in status, as reported by SUR in English, has
been confirmed by the influential ‘Observatory of
Culture’ index, which is produced every year by the
FundaciónContemporánea. The index shows Málaga
behind only Madrid and Barcelona among the
country’s highest ranked cultural cities.
Last year’s survey placed Málaga in fourth, which
itself was quite the rise from the first edition of the
index in 2009, when the city ranked 19th.

2. How does the ‘Observatory of Culture’ index
come about?
To create the index, a questionnaire is sent to a
panel of experts consisting of more than a
thousand leading professionals in the culture
and arts industry, including artists, writers,
directors, actors, musicians, architects, and
creators from across all fields.
Such key figures as editors, producers,
promoters, gallery owners and managers, heads
of foundations and directors of museums,
theatres, cultural centres and institutions, also all
contribute to the annual index.
Over half of the respondents, 53.6%, picked out
Málaga as a cultural haven, with particular
attention paid to the city’s resilience and
commitment to the arts and culture sector since
the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Málaga Film Festival also won the admiration of
those quizzed, who placed it among Spain’s top
10 most important cultural events or venues,
alongside Madrid’s ‘Golden Triangle of Art’
comprising the Prado, Reina Sofia and Thyssen-
Bornemisza museums.

3. Nine Andalucían events or venues appeared in
the national list, and of these, seven were located
in Málaga – including the Museo Picasso Málaga,
the Festival Eñe, the Centre Pompidou Málaga,
the GenalguacilMuseo Pueblo, and the Museo
Carmen Thyssen.
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