Centre Pompidou Málaga

The Centre Pompidou Málaga is the first branch of the French Centre Pompidou and is housed in an architecturally striking building known as El Cubo. It stands at the intersection of the La Farola and Los Curas promenades and Piers 1 and 2 in the Port of Málaga. Designed by urban planners Javier Pérez de la Fuente and Juan Antonio Marín Malavé, the building offers around 7,600 square meters (about 82,000 square feet) of space across two levels, of which roughly 6,300 square meters (about 68,000 square feet) are used for exhibitions. The roof is completely open and topped by a large cubic structure of glass and steel that serves as a light well and gave the building its name. Since 2015, this cube has housed the installation "Incubé" by Daniel Buren, which has become the museum's iconic landmark on the city skyline and was purchased by the city hall in 2017.

The museum's collection includes works from the Paris headquarters, presented in semipermanent exhibitions that each run for two and a half years. These offer a thematic and chronological overview of 20th- and 21st-century art. The artists on display include Picasso, Miró, Chagall, Matisse, Brancusi, and Frida Kahlo, among others. In addition to the permanent displays, the museum regularly hosts rotating temporary exhibitions devoted to specific themes or individual artists. Visitors can also stop by the "Espacio Público Joven," a free area with interactive workshops and exhibits designed especially for families and children between the ages of six and twelve.

On level 0, the building houses a shop, a coat check, and the hall for temporary exhibitions, while the rooms for the semipermanent collection and an auditorium are located on the lower level, -1. One special feature is the staircase leading down to the lower exhibition area, which each year is transformed by Andalusian artists with temporary art interventions as part of the "Málaga de Festival." This collaboration links the city's cultural policy with the museum's programming and turns the staircase into a dynamic, ever-changing work of art.