Year of changes in Ideal, Barcelona's digital arts center: when the immersive exhibition ends on March 2nd Leonardo versus Michelangelo, The center will be closed for renovations until October.. During these months, Ideal will relocate to the Queen Victoria Palace in Montjuïc, hosting an immersive exhibition about Pompeii. The renovations at the Poblenou center will not be very visible. According to Jordi Sellas, partner at the Layers of Reality studio and director of Ideal Barcelona, ​​the changes will consist of technical improvements and enhancements to visitor comfort. "It's not about preparing this building for the next six years, but for the next decades," says Sellas. "More than 9 million people have seen our exhibitions in 50 cities around the world," he emphasizes. "If we want to continue doing this, we must adapt this building, which is the epicenter of it all."

"It's the biggest battle in the history of art!" exclaims Jordi Sellas with his usual enthusiasm. The director of Ideal, Barcelona's Digital Arts Center, is here for business. He wants journalists to immediately immerse themselves in the immersive experience. Leonardo versus Michelangelo, which opens this Wednesday and will be open until Easter (tickets are €9.50, €14.50, and €18.50). "It's a real confrontation that took place 500 years ago in Florence, an artistic duel that remained unfinished," says Sellas, looking at two images of Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) and Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564), reminiscent of two soap opera heroes.