Amid "For Sale" and "For Rent" signs, Baroness Thyssen-Bornemisza, Carmen Cervera, visited the site of the museum that will bear her name in the heart of Barcelona this Thursday. The collector attended the first ephemeral art installation at the iconic Cine Comedia, the Palau Marcet, the future location of the Carmen Thyssen Barcelona Museum. Cervera explained that the new facility is "progressing." Construction will begin in 2026, and it will open in 2028. "It's the legacy I will leave in Barcelona. It's my city, and I love it very much," she said. Cervera also emphasized the positive relationship with the City Council and expressed her gratitude to Mayor Jaume Collboni. "All the museums in Barcelona are helping us, and we are very united to ensure its success," she said. It appears the museum will combine major works with emerging talent. The focus will be on established works from the 19th and 20th centuries, especially Modernist and Noucentista paintings—Ramon Casas, Eliseu Meifrèn, and Santiago Rusiñol, among other pieces from the Baroness's collection—but there will also be works by younger artists, some related to the digital realm. "There are endless exhibition possibilities," said Guillermo Cervera, Carmen Cervera's nephew. "You can't achieve international success if you don't first succeed locally; we all need to understand that," he said. Nearly one hundred students from a dozen art and design schools, such as Llotja, Elisava, Massana, IDEP, and EINA, have collectively transformed the 500 seats of the space to bid farewell to the old cinema, which closed in January 2024. such as designer Jordi Labanda, chefs Carme Ruscalleda and Raül Balam, artist TVBoy, designer Javier Mariscal, dancer Julio Bocca and model Judit Mascó to give creative ideas to young students.

The Ecology, Urban Planning, Mobility and Housing Commission of the Barcelona City Council has approved this Tuesday the first step to radically transform the Palau Marcet and turn it into the new Carmen Thyssen Museum BarcelonaThe building, which had previously housed the Comedia cinema, which closed its doors in January 2024, is owned by the Pla i Planàs families. The existing building, designed by architect Toni Sabater, currently has four levels (a semi-basement, two floors, and a mezzanine), but will expand substantially if the modification to the metropolitan master plan is approved.