The director of the National Art Museum of Catalonia (MNAC), Pepe Serra, can now speak about the long-awaited expansion of the museum, months after the Supreme Court ruling that obliges the institution to return the murals from the chapter house of the Sijena Monastery became a full-time job. In this interview with ARA, in addition to discussing the museum's expansion, which will have a budget of 122 million euros, he addresses for the first time the appointment of Manuel Borja-Villel by the Department of Culture, initially to serve as an advisor on the expansion. The museum will close the first floor of modern and contemporary art for the expansion starting in 2027, while it hopes to keep the ground floor, dedicated to Romanesque, Gothic, and Renaissance art, open.

We are still reeling from this week's fires, which fortunately have been brought under control.