According toThe Art Newspaper, the Centre Pompidou will pay €2.7 million ($2.9 million) annually from 2025 to 2029, increasing to €3.1 million ($3.4 million) annually from 2030 to 2034. Laurent Le Bon, President of the Centre Pompidou, called it an “immense pleasure” to be able to keep the Málaga museum running for another decade.
Known as the Centre Pompidou Málaga, the 65,000-square-foot subterranean space located at Málaga’s port is renowned for its vibrant coloured glass cube designed by the French artist Daniel Buren. Originally launched as a pop-up installation along the city’s waterfront in 2015, the museum attracted 200,000 visitors in its first year, and according to the Pompidou Centre, has since welcomed over 3 million visitors.
The new ten-year contract includes a cultural programme featuring six semi-permanent exhibitions of 20th and 21st-century art, two temporary exhibitions annually, a collaborative Centre Pompidou-Mairie curatorship as part of Hors Pistes, and an annual exhibition-workshop for young people.
The success of the Málaga satellite has inspired the creation of additional international branches in Brussels and Shanghai. The Centre Pompidou Hanwha-Seoul is set to open in autumn 2025. The Centre Pompidou New Jersey project, initially scheduled for 2027, is currently on hold.
