While its Paris base has ended for five years to undergo renovation, the Pompidou Centre will expand its international reach and open its first South American space in 2027.
The new location of Foz DoIguaçu, originally scheduled to launch in November 2027, will be one of several satellites operated by the Pompidou Centre, with others in Shanghai, Málaga and Metz, France and other regions.
The Pompidou Museum in the centre of Brazil is receiving financial support from officials of Parana, who oversees the territory surrounding the UNESCO World Heritage Site Iguaçu Falls. It will be designed by Paraguayan architect Solano Benítez.
Benítez’s work has always been centered on sustainability. The museum said he will work to seamlessly integrate his central Pompidou satellite into its surroundings.
The museum will include exhibition halls and research facilities and will focus on artists in South America, while also launching parts of Pompidou’s permanent collection, the collection includes approximately 150,000 items.
This is one of several Pompidou satellites in the work, expected to appear in Brussels and Seoul in the coming years.
The Paris Museum in the Pompidou Centre will begin a $280 million renovation in September this year. The renovation project, partially supervised by the French Ministry of Culture, will upgrade the energy system and modernize the aging infrastructure of the building, which originally opened in 1977. The last exhibition to be held before the closure will be the Wolfgang Tillmans exhibition set in the museum library.
