The MNAC is organising an agenda that is open to the public including conferences and activities that will take place all over Catalonia. The aim is not only to share and make the process of expansion and transformation of the Museum more transparent, but also to foster a debate that will have an impact on the layout of the New MNAC.
The programme is intended for all audiences, from the MNAC’s teams to professionals in the sector, artists, the Museum’s local community, the educational sector and the general public. It will be presented in different in-person and digital formats, as well as in publications.
The programme started with the lecture Imagining the future of museums by museum expert András Szántó, held in the Sala Oval. In this video you can see the summary of the main ideas that Szántó shared with the 500 attendees.
The programme is still ongoing in March with an event that pays homage to female artists born between 1920 and 1950. The event is jointly organised with the Xarxa de Museus d’Art de Catalunya and curated by Elina Norandi, aiming to raise the profile of women who have been left on the margins of art history and give them the recognition they deserve.
21 March: Thinking about the New MNAC from perspective of the arts
On Saturday, 21 March, we are organising the conference entitled Thinking about the New MNAC from perspective of the arts, which includes three events organised together with other institutions and addresses a variety of perspectives. Specialists in the arts, writers, visual artists and young creators will share their perspectives and proposals on the possible futures of the New MNAC.
The day will combine several formats open to the public: a live podcast episode, the presentation of artistic projects and a new interpretation of the collections through dance. The programme is designed to bring the public closer to the great challenges of the future and the reflections that are currently shaping the New MNAC.
It is an invitation to think, feel and imagine the Museum from different perspectives, connecting research, live arts and new contemporary viewpoints.
11.00 am. Presentation of the project on the Pèl & Ploma podcast, in collaboration with Biblioteques de Barcelona, and the recording of the latest episode of the podcast in front of a live audience on the New MNAC project, between Ingrid Guardiola and Àlex Mitrani, in the Sala de la Cúpula.
The Pèl & Ploma podcast hosts conversations that feature writers and professionals from the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya who share their views on some of the works in the collection. In each episode, an author proposes his or her own text, inspired by a work of art in the Museum, which is the starting point for a relaxed conversation about literature, art and life.
12.30 pm. Presentation of the final projects from the EMPELT 2025 call for projects and the artists of the 2026 edition.
The perspective of the artists is essential for thinking about the Museum of the future.
EMPELT is a project by the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya and the Plataforma Assembleària d’Artistes de Catalunya (PAAC) that integrates local creators, in a residency or “graft” (empelt in Catalan) format, into working groups to investigate and reflect on the museum’s expansion process, the renewal of its collections and curatorial narratives, and the social and cultural roles that the New MNAC will play.
This year, the EMPELT artists Elvira Pujol, Joan Morey and Marla Jacarilla will present their projects.
4.30 pm. The dance performance entitled, El Museu Dansat, featuring students from the Professional Dance Conservatory of the Institut del Teatre.
The museum is growing… while dancing!
Through body and movement, the 5th and 6th year dance students will bring the Museum’s new acquisitions to life by performing pieces of their own creation: from female artists who have been recovered from obscurity to works from the two avant-garde movements and contemporary art, pieces that open up new narratives and perspectives.
In an MNAC that is growing and transforming with an eye fixed on 2029, dance becomes language, experimentation and the future. In this project, the Museum is opening up, listening to and moving with the new generations.
FUTURE EVENTS
12 April: USk Meeting, drawing Montjuïc and the New MNAC
On Sunday, 12 April, the two buildings that will form the MNAC of the future, the Palau Nacional and the Palau Victòria Eugènia, will be the main attractions of the 9th Meeting of Urban Sketchers Catalunya. USk is a collective of urban sketching lovers who get together to draw and then exhibit their drawings in a photograph in the foyer of the MNAC. The meeting will bring together around 400 people.
And on Canal +MNAC…
9 questions for a New Museum
Under the title 9 questions for a New Museum, we have organised a series of sectoral round table discussions to address topics such as education, sustainability, communities, communication, facility management and health and well-being.
The discussion focuses on the questions proposed by the speakers, which act as a starting point to encourage reflection and dialogue.
Don’t miss the conversation about sustainability.
SUSTAINABILITY
Greta Tresserra, Francesc Muñoz, and
Marina Cervera
Moderator: Guida Ferrari
COMING SOON
COMMUNICATION
Ignasi Gozalo, Lluís Nacenta, and Elisabet Rosselló
Moderator: Núria Perales
COMING SOON
EDUCATION
Sergi Díaz,
Eulàlia Bosch, and
Fanny Figueras
Moderator: Sandra Figueras
COMING SOON
HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
Carmen Cabezas,
Roser Sanjuán, and Josep Maria Argimon
Moderator: Guillem d’Efak Fullana
COMING SOON
FACILITY MANAGEMENT
Esther Tomás, Lluís Dalmau, and Alberto Hernández
Moderator: Xavier Abelló
COMING SOON
COMMUNITY
Aida Sánchez de Serdio Martín, Maria Cacheda, and Encarana Lago
Moderator: Guillem d’Efak Fullana
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