Malaga city will be in 2026 CaixaForumIt is a cultural center run by The La Caixa Foundation, which will have two exhibition halls and multi-purpose halls, is dedicated to different sectors. plastic arts, culture, scientific dissemination and humanities, as well as an important technological side.
HE Mayor of MalagaFrancisco de la Torre and pLa Caixa Foundation resident, Isidro Faine, we signed a deal this thursday It is the cooperation that both parties undertake to facilitate the construction of this new facility, which will place Málaga in the highest-level network of cultural assets at the national level. Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Zaragoza or Seville.
In fact, De la Torre argues that this agreement a “step forward” in the city’s cultural strategy as well as a response to the “longing” to enter the big cities league with the cultural, educational and informative commitment these areas offer.
“With Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Zaragoza, Sevilla, we are putting ourselves on equal footing. There is no longer a state of inequality. The programs they do in Malaga, with temporary exhibitions in tents and which are the pride of the city that hosts them, will increase with the synergy between all countries. CaixaForum it’s over,” the Malaga councilor applauded.
This new equipment twin solar power to Malaga Provincial Police Station, In Plaza de Manuel Azaña, at the exit of Málaga from Avenida de Andalucía. Considering the 8.200 m² gross, 5.500 m² net, green area or the area allocated to the roads, it is the currently existing land. use of public parking.
“The most unique” center
Construction of the building will be funded by the La Caixa Foundation, which has announced it will be a “singular” CaixaForum, “most innovative”. Elisa Durán, Executive Vice President of La Caixa Foundation.
It is a unique model. About the spread of culture to all citizens to achieve with quality and meticulousness. bring the most specialized public and also familiesschoolchildren and all people who have a barrier to approaching a cultural institution”, stating that the city has the necessary population volume to join the CaixaForum network.
Its facilities will present six exhibitions on a rotating basis throughout the year, fueled by the La Caixa Foundation’s agreements with national and international institutions such as the La Caixa Museum. Louvre, British Museum, Pompidou or Prado. Thus, Malaga residents and visitors will be able to enjoy films, comics and audio-visual specimens, as well as examples of art from the oldest to the most contemporary movements.
Besides the exhibition halls, another feature of the center will be its multi-purpose halls and, although having a single purpose, it will function as an educational space with a wide range of themes: narrowing the digital divide.
“It will be a very important field of education., to bring these new technologies closer and narrow the gap between the most vulnerable groups,” continued Elisa Durán, underscoring the location chosen for the equipment of the future. “The experience of all these years will allow us to have the most visible, most innovative CaixaForum, This gateway to the city that will be that beacon of what the city of Málaga is, that cultural engine that is an example and a touchstone throughout Spain”.
Deputy director general of the La Caixa Foundation, “everyone is raving about what the city stands for Innovation, culture, science, entrepreneurship” within the Board of Trustees of this organization, which approved the proposal to bring a CaixaForum to Malaga this Thursday.” “Exciting, a great day for us.”