Image: Carmen Thyssen Museum, M?laga
The Carmen Thyssen Museum in Málaga has launched a virtual visit to its temporary exhibition 'Los Ribalta y el barroco naturalista', extending access to a show devoted to Francisco and Juan Ribalta. The museum says the online tour allows viewers to move through the Noble Room and inspect artworks in super high-resolution, offering close views of details in the Ribaltas’ intensely realistic and expressive painting.
The new digital feature was announced by the museum on 22 July 2026, alongside other summer programming. In its message to audiences, the institution framed the virtual tour as a way to explore the temporary exhibition from home. The online visit is available through the museum’s website, and the linked page presents it as a virtual exhibition experience for 'Los Ribalta y el barroco naturalista'.
The Ribaltas are described by the museum as two of the great masters of 17th-century Spanish Baroque painting. The temporary exhibition focuses on their work and on the naturalist tendencies associated with their art. The virtual visit is designed to let users linger over the works’ visual details, which the museum emphasizes through the use of high-resolution imagery rather than broad interpretive text.
The digital tour also underscores the importance of the exhibition space itself. According to the museum’s announcement, visitors can navigate the Noble Room, suggesting that the online presentation mirrors the atmosphere of the physical installation as closely as possible. The museum does not specify in the online notice how many works are included in the exhibition, but it clearly presents the virtual visit as a detailed way to approach the temporary display.
The same museum communication places the virtual visit within a broader summer schedule that includes other public activities, though these remain separate from the main exhibition announcement. Among them are theatrical visits to 'Los Ribalta' with limited capacity, a seventh edition of the 'Identidades' call for live arts projects, and a flamenco programme titled 'Flamenco. Vuelta a las raíces'. The museum also points to Google Arts & Culture projects featuring gigapixel presentations of works from its permanent collection.
The exhibition itself is listed on the museum website as running from 22 May to 4 October 2026. The virtual visit gives the temporary show an additional online layer during that period, with the museum inviting audiences to “enter and browse” the site’s digital presentation of 'Los Ribalta y el barroco naturalista'.
