Costa Art ReviewAn art magazine for the Costa del Sol: exhibitions, galleries, street art, museums, and the artists shaping the coast. Original photography and video, AI-assisted words, human-reviewed.https://costaartreview.com/contact@costaartreview.com (Costa Art Review)contact@costaartreview.com (Costa Art Review)Gilt Frames, Cardboard Cards and a Tesla: Art World Marbella Lays the Coast Barehttps://costaartreview.com/articles/everybody-gets-what-they-came-for-at-art-world-marbella/https://costaartreview.com/articles/everybody-gets-what-they-came-for-at-art-world-marbella/The Costa's biggest international art fair fills the Palacio de Congresos with 5,000 works, 80 countries and the unmistakable scent of ambition — and somewhere in the crowd, something real.Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTeventsart-world-marbellacontemporary-artart-fairmarbellacosta-del-solexhibitionsMeanwhile, in the Archive: A Beast, a Sealed Tin and a Cake Being Eatenhttps://costaartreview.com/articles/meanwhile-in-the-archive-a-beast-a-sealed-tin-and-a-cake-being-eaten/https://costaartreview.com/articles/meanwhile-in-the-archive-a-beast-a-sealed-tin-and-a-cake-being-eaten/Three Málaga rooms this week hold three relics — Juanjo Fuentes's newly opened beast, Manzoni's unopenable tin at the Pompidou, and Verónica Ruth Frías eating the canon at MUCAC, which closes tonight.Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTexhibitionsexhibitionsmalagamucaccentre-pompidou-malagajuanjo-fuentescontemporary-artOrigen Sin: How Bioparc Fuengirola Botched Its Own Photo Contesthttps://costaartreview.com/articles/origen-sin-how-bioparc-fuengirola-botched-its-own-photo-contest/https://costaartreview.com/articles/origen-sin-how-bioparc-fuengirola-botched-its-own-photo-contest/A 30-euro entry fee, a single day's admission, a theme that shifted after the finalists were picked, and a voting system that thanked you for a vote you never cast - Bioparc Fuengirola's 25th-anniversary photography competition is a masterclass in how not to run a contest.Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTeventsphotographybioparc-fuengirolacontest-criticismfuengirolacosta-del-solopinionOld Bronze, New Fire: How the Costa del Sol Remembered Its Own Namehttps://costaartreview.com/articles/why-costa-del-sol-art-coast/https://costaartreview.com/articles/why-costa-del-sol-art-coast/A coast that spent half a century selling its sunlight finally remembered it could see by it - and the strangers who washed ashore brought the lens.Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTfeaturescosta-del-solmalagaesteponaart-revivalmuralscultural-tourism