All the new features of the season from CaixaForum and CosmoCaixa

BarcelonaIn this new season, the La Caixa Foundation has set out to "analyze reality from very diverse perspectives," as stated by Isabel Salgado, director of exhibitions, collections and CaixaForum+. For example, the first of this fall's proposals is the result of the dialogue between science and art, which is often found in CaixaForum exhibitions. It is We are nature, an immersive audiovisual experience produced by Oasis Immersive Studios and National Geographic. "It offers a powerful and contemporary look at biodiversity on Earth. It's an exhibition that premiered in Montreal on the occasion of the G-20 summit and is coming to Europe for the first time with the CaixaForum," says Salgado. The tour is divided into three immersive spaces that address the power of natural regeneration, the awareness that humans are part of it, and the resilience of nature. "It's also an exhibition that reminds us how powerful a tool art can be in civilization and that perfectly recognizes this idea of the optimistic message, the need for art and the universe that we work on," explains Salgado.

Another exhibition resulting from the partnership between the La Caixa Foundation and the British Museum will be on display next. Voices of the Pacific. Innovation and Tradition (November 6 to February 15) will explore the rich artistic traditions of Pacific Islanders with 208 objects. A quarter of the exhibition will be dedicated to artists from the last 50 years. "By collaborating with contemporary artists, we connect with the oldest traditions of their societies to preserve and revive them, such as carving, weaving, and tattooing," says the director. The works on display will also provide insight into their political practices, how they confront climate change, and how their collaborative past can be a source of inspiration.

Cinema is another of the constants in the CaixaForum programming: the next exhibition of the season, entitled [REC]ords. Life through home cinema (December 2 to June 7), promotes home movies as "an image bank that captures our collective memory." It will feature around twenty films. "The project has incredible emotional power," says Salgado, who highlights the growing academic interest in this field.

The legacy and influence of Matisse

In 2026, the exhibition will kick off with a major effort from a Henri Matisse monograph, a partnership with the Centre Georges Pompidou (from March 26 to August 16). "It's a large-scale exhibition that defines a season," Salgado warns. The works on display will provide a glimpse into his evolution and how he influenced Expressionist artists and others from the second half of the 20th century. "Matisse reinvented color and form," Salgado recalls. Exceptional loans will be available, thanks to the Pompidou's closure for five years for renovations.

And the exhibition that will open afterwards marks the first of the foundation's partnership with another major French institution, the Musée du Orangerie: Out of focus. Another vision of art. (from May 20 to September 27) addresses the technique of blurring in art, especially in contemporary art. The starting point is the series of Water lilies Monet, and will feature paintings, sculptures, and photographs by renowned artists including Alberto Giacometti, Gerhard Richter, Mark Rothko, Eva Nielsen, Claude Monet, Thomas Ruff, Alfredo Jaar, Soledad Sevilla, Christian Boltanski, Mame-Diarra Niang, and Bill Viola. "The idea is that the diffuse and imprecise can be a new way of understanding the world," says Salgado.

The fossil of a gigantic mammoth in the renovation of CosmoCaixa

The La Caixa Foundation has another flagship for its work in the CosmoCaixa Science Museum. After the success ofExtraterrestrials. Is there life beyond Earth? (which will be open until August 30, 2026), the renovation of the permanent collection will be inaugurated, with actions such as the permanent incorporation of the fossilized skeleton of a Siberian mammoth, an immersive installation on the Sun and a giant zoetrope with the characters from the film Toy StoryThere will also be four new screenings at the Planetarium, one of which, entitled Symphony of Babies, is designed for children from 0 to 18 months. Even the little ones can see the full-dome projection. Kiru. The Mystery of the Lost Moon (3 to 6 years old). The characteristics of the poles will be the focus of another new projection, Polaris"We will be able to grow in a segment, that of babies, that we have not been able to serve until now," explains Salgado. And coinciding with the solar eclipse scheduled for August 12, 2026, the projection 3clipse will provide more information on this phenomenon.

Regarding last season, the director of CaixaForum Barcelona, ​​​​Mireia Domingo, has announced that more than 600,000 people visited one of its exhibitions, especially the more than 100,000 who have come to the exhibition so far Rubens and the Flemish Baroque artists; while CosmoCaixa has received more than 1,150,000 visitors.