More than 3,000 people visit the exhibition ‘Women in the Zuloaga Collection. Seven centuries of art’ in its first month of opening

The Estepona City Council launches guided tours to learn in detail the contents of the exhibition, which can be seen until September 29th at the Mirador del Carmen.

The exhibition ‘Women in the Zuloaga Collection. Seven centuries of art’, which can be visited at the Mirador del Carmen in Estepona, has exceeded 3,000 visits since its opening on July 20. The exhibition, which will remain open to the public until September 29, has also just launched a guided tour service.

Organized by the Consistory and the Zuloaga Foundation, the exhibition is made up of 120 works of art belonging to the Zuloaga family collection, a selection of art that has been collected by the artists’ family since the first third of the 19th century, highlighting the important number of them signed by the painter Ignacio Zuloaga; his father, the damascene artist Plácido; and his uncle, the ceramist Daniel. The exhibition includes oil paintings, ceramics, damascene pieces, sculptures, lithographs and engravings, and drawings.

The exhibition has become one of the most important events of the summer cultural agenda in the city, with the success of visitors, reaching the figure of 3,000 in just over a month. The exhibition also has guided tours conducted by the Education staff of the Exhibition Hall. The initiative of the City Council is aimed at all users who want to deepen their knowledge of the original content of this exhibition, which offers for the first time a social and iconographic history of European women from the Middle Ages to the present. Seven centuries of a surprising story of progress and setbacks that will help to understand the reality of women today.

Guided tours take place on Wednesdays and Fridays at 10.00 am. It is necessary to reserve a place in advance. To do so, please contact the exhibition hall at 951 49 61 37, or send an e-mail to salamiradordelcarmen@gmail.com.

The visit can be accessed with the entrance to the exhibition at no extra cost. The entrance fee is 6 euros in general rate, 3 euros in reduced rate and 4 euros for groups. Those registered in Estepona can visit it for free.

Among the works offered by ‘Women in the Zuloaga Collection. Seven centuries of art’ highlights an important number signed by Ignacio Zuloaga, but there are also other outstanding names such as El Greco, Zurbarán, Maxime Dethomas, Goya, Ricardo Baroja y Nessi (brother of the novelist Pío Baroja), Toulouse-Lautrec, Eugène Carrière, or Émile Bernard. In total, up to 55 artists are represented (not counting the works of anonymous artists).

The research and dissemination of women’s social history has not kept pace with the popularity of women’s claims. The academic literature has been experiencing centuries-long gaps, even in the developed European historiography. This exhibition offers a surprising history of advances and setbacks that contributes to understanding the current state of women today.

With the aim of representing the social diversity of women, themes are contrasted: the female life cycle from birth to death, virgins and saints, rural and urban women, the marginal and the privileged, in the public and private spheres. Of special relevance is the genre of the female nude, so late and scarcely represented in Spanish art.

Another novelty is the presentation of the Zuloaga Collection, with an emphasis on the women who preserved, expanded and disseminated it. For if there are numerous writings about the artists, no attention has been paid to the women of the family, without whose contributions this collection would be impossible. For this reason, the exhibition also includes some women’s collections that contribute to understanding their tastes.

The exhibition is one hundred percent bilingual in Spanish and English, both in the videos and in the catalogs and posters. It can be visited from Tuesday to Sunday, from 10:00 to 14:00 hours and from 16:00 to 20:00 hours.