Elvira Dyangani Ose will not renew her contract as director of the MACBA when it expires in September, after five years at the helm of the museum. The announcement was not made by the MACBA itself, nor by the museum's consortium, which is institutionally led by the Barcelona City Council. Instead, it was implied in a message Ose posted on social media, where she stated that she would "support the museum team and its governance with her usual enthusiasm and energy until the summer." Museum sources confirmed to ARA that she will not continue in the position, but will remain to ensure a smooth transition. The director has not yet made any further statements.

The director of the Macba, Elvira Dyangani Ose, receives the ARA award in the middle of the installation of the exhibition Projecting a Black Planet: The Art and Culture of Pan-AfricaA co-production with the Art Institute of Chicago, for which she is also one of the curators, will be one of the year's major exhibitions in Barcelona and the centerpiece of the museum's thirtieth anniversary celebrations. After four years in the position, and taking advantage of the anniversary, Dyangani reflects on the museum's present and future. "When I'm asked if my museological project was to bring coloniality, LGBTQ+ individuals, and other histories into the museum, I say yes, but not because they are the main focus, but because we include these individuals and these episodes that were discriminated against and made invisible in the history we all know. We don't shy away from the idea that..."