The painter’s youngest daughter returned to the city to meet her grandfather “for the first time” - the forerunner of the great 20th-century artist and the patriarch of an entire artistic dynasty
Añádenos en Google Xavier Vilató and Paloma Picasso in Malaga, where they visited the sculpture to her grandfather. (Marilú Báez)Málaga
04/06/2026 a las 13:06h.The official unveiling of a new sculpture dedicated to Pablo Picasso’s father takes place in Malaga this Thursday.
However, the painter's youngest daughter, ... Paloma Picasso, had a dilemma: she didn't want to miss it, but her agenda prevented her from attending, so in order to see the sculpture, she arrived a day early.
She came to Malaga on Wednesday, although this time she did it for "Abuelito Pepe" (Grandpa Pepe), as the family remembers the painter and drawing teacher José Ruiz Blasco (Malaga 1838 - Barcelona 1913).
"It's the first time I've met my grandfather, I arrived last night [Tuesday] and I'm going back to Paris in a little while, but I'm very happy to have come and taken part in this emotional moment," Picasso's youngest daughter told SUR on Wednesday.
She also had another compelling reason to come: the two-metre high sculpture was created by another member of the family, Xavier Vilató, the great-grandson of Ruiz Blasco.
Paloma embraces Xavier, after discovering the tribute to the creator of the artist saga. (Ayto. Málaga)"It's a wonderful place, because it's where today's art lives in Malaga. The first thing I thought was that, if I can make a sculpture that the kids can see and be inspired by, it will be a way of being in the midst of the people, of the people of Malaga," he added.