Art Exhibition Malaga Airport

Twelve European artists based in Andalusia and belonging to the Andalusian International Artists Association (AIA) presents a group exposition at Malaga Airport-Costa del Sol until the 23rd of September.

Entitled ‘Where’ (Donde), the selection gathered at the exhibition hall of the Terminal 3 is an acknowledgement to Andalucía, through a visual tour of some of the hallmarks of the territory.

Paintings, sculptures, photographs and tapestries offer continuous allusions to Andalusia, home to the authors, according to a statement of Malaga airport. The artists have used light, colour, environments or Andalusian artists such as Picasso, to inspire some of the exhibits of various techniques.

The AIA Group is made up of professional visual artists from Europe and America who live and work in Andalusia. Artists are Enrique Linaza (Spain), Philip Magee (Ireland), Gordon Haslett (England), Dolores Cummiskey (Ireland), Roger Cummiskey (Ireland), Juan Cruz (Spain), Diana Worthy (England), Richard Wood (England), Vejay K. Singh (England), Johannes Broedelet (Netherlands), Eleazar Galea (Malta) and Auli Suvanto (Finland).

The exhibition is open until September 23 in the exhibition hall of the T 3 in the Arrivals area (Public area). The opening hours of the exhibition are from 12 am to 2 pm and from 4 pm to 8 pm.

Exhibition Malaga airport

Malaga Airport-Costa del Sol hosts from today a photo exhibition entitled “Capable of everything” collecting the graphic memory of two decades of physical activity of members of the Iberia Employees Association of Parents of Disabled (APMIB).
The exhibition, which takes place in the boarding area of T3, shows the sports experience for the past 20 years of the members of this group, which has workplaces in different airports of the network.

The images invite to ‘travel’ along sporting competitions, training, programs and tournaments featuring the past two decades of some athletes with functional diversity and talk about normality, the effort and the overcoming of any athlete, without regard to barriers or restrictions.

The initiative, which began in Madrid-Barajas Airport, will stay in Malaga T3 until September 15 and will continue in other Spanish airports such as Barcelona-El Prat, Las Palmas, Los Rodeos (Tenerife) or Palma de Mallorca.

Iberia Employees Association of Parents of Disabled was founded in 1977 by a group of workers from Iberia, parents of disabled, to assist in the social and labour integration of disabled people.

Currently, this organization serves 2,500 people with functional diversity through comprehensive care by the creation of productive employment and various services.

The collective APMIB develops its work in different airports of the network and has in Malaga an agreement for waste management of the airport grounds.

La Moraga at Malaga airport

La Moraga Airport, located in Terminal 3 at Malaga airport, has been appointed as the third best airport restaurant in the world, according to a report by U.S. television network CNN, which includes the best gastronomic places of airports on five continents.

They highlight Lamoraga is a “stylish Gastrobar serving contemporary tapas, desserts and other substantial creations.”

Only the restaurant One Flew South, at Atlanta Airport, and Hung’s Delicacies of Hong Kong airport appear before the restaurant at Malaga airport, followed by Plane Food, at London Heathrow, and Bubbles Seafood at the Dutch airport Schiphol in Amsterdam.

La Moraga Airport is one of the franchises of this network of restaurants, which already has plans to expand with new centres. Thus, the group La Moraga will open this summer their first restaurant in Madrid, to be followed by the opening of another restaurant in Frankfurt (Germany), which will open in October.

La Moraga has acquired national and international fame through their leading figure, the Chef Dani Garcia who designs the dishes and haute cuisine tapas. Who wants to sample his cooking outside the airport can visit his restaurant Calima located in the Hotel Gran Melia Don Pepe in Marbella, awarded two Michelin stars.

Malaga airport library

Until Sunday, April 29 takes place the World Book Week and the airports of the Aena network join this special event: To encourage reading and a higher consumption of books, the airport operator awaits its customers with surprises and discounts on purchases of books in bookstores of Spanish airports.

Among the gifts are distributed about 60,000 magnetized free bookmarks for all those who purchase a book during these seven days. Also, the shops and airport bookstores offer attractive discounts on the books these days; a proposal to take advantage of and to be more entertained during the flight.

This celebration of the International Book Week in Aena airports takes place for the fifth consecutive year. This is a global tribute each year to the fascinating world of books and reading adopted by UNESCO.

At Malaga airport-Costa del Sol, the bookstore Luces is located in the spectacular new international terminal, T3. It is a library designed for the traveler, with background in various languages and paperback books, latest releases, travel guides, dictionaries and children’s literature and more. Head over there while you’re at the airport, have a look around, take advantage of good prices and get your gift from the International Book Week.