Launch year:
1985

Number of artworks:
Over 1000 artworks of 389 artists and 37 nationalities

Status of collection:
International

Artistic domain:

The collection focuses on art since the eighties and up to the present day, though with a referential framework set in the sixties and seventies and represented by figures as influential as Joseph Beuys, Bruce Nauman, Antoni Tàpies, Mario Merz, Jannis Kounellis, Luis Gordillo, Robert Ryman, Donald Judd, or Gerhard Richter, with works produced since the eighties.

The collection includes painting, sculpture, photography, video, film and installations.
It is a collection which has been built with a museum spirit with the purpose to promote public knowledge and understanding of contemporary art. The collections program makes the artworks accessible to all kind of publics mainly through exhibitions and educational activities.

Commission program / Site-specific order(s) :

Sol LeWitt drawing wall, Splat (2001), which is placed in the hall of CaixaForum Barcelona, was commissioned to the artist in 2001.