One week after inaugurating what will be one of the exhibitions of the year, Rodoreda, a forestThe Centre for Contemporary Culture of Barcelona (CCCB) has presented its main lines for 2026. And just as the exhibition about the writer is full of contrasts and opposing poles that coexist, so too will the upcoming program, marked by two major exhibitions: The atomic age and The cult of beauty"The lights and shadows of our present—this is the dialectic that will mark the 2026 program," explains CCCB Director Judit Carrera. The Center will have a budget of 16.8 million euros. In 2025, it received 470,000 visitors, a figure close to that of 2024. Next year, there will be three artists in residence linked to war, displacement, and memory: the Russian writer Maria Stepanova, exiled in Berlin; the Palestinian journalist Mariam Barghouti; and Castro. From the world of literature, authors such as Michele Nieva, Amitav Ghosh, Sara Torres, Jeanette Winterson, and Richard Ford will visit the CCCB.