A new Pompidou center will open in Brazil in 2027 – Liberation
France and Brazil have signed a memorandum of understanding on creation of a Pompidou center In the Brazilian state of the Parana, which is due to open its doors at the end of 2027, the French Ministry of Culture announced on Wednesday.
This new place will be Implant In the triple border region, which marks the meeting point between the borders of Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina, has Proximity to the Iguaçu falls, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. « He will offer a multidisciplinary program mixing exhibitions, live performance, great cinema cycles, festivals, conferences and artist residences »said the ministry in a press release. Brazil thus becomes the sixth foreign country to welcome The Pompidou Centeralready present in Malaga (Spain), Shanghai (China), Brussels (Belgium), al-ʿula (Saudi Arabia) and soon in Seoul (South Korea).
The future Brazilian Pompidou Center will be produced by the architect Paraguayen Solano Benítez, winner of the 2016 Venice Biennale, and specialist in brick and raw materials.
Echoing his French big brother, directed by Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers and whose tubular and multicolored silhouette has made worldwide renown, this new artistic center « Will open on a piazza open to the public and will house multidisciplinary spaces, educational workshops, a research library, artistic laboratories, as well as an offer of catering and shops »details the ministry.
With the ambition of value « Contemporary South American creation ». This agreement is registered « In the continuity of the consulting mission that the Center Pompidou has been pursuing since 2022 to the State of the Paraná to accompany it in the opening of an internationally renowned art center »recalls the ministry.
