Centre d'Art Santa Mònica

Centre d'Art Santa Mònica review

In a controversial move, the Generalitat appointed new director Vicenç Altaió to pump up the lacklustre visitor numbers for this contemporary art space. Altaió takes his position in January 2009 and has vowed to create 'a multidisciplinary centre for art, science, thought and communication', although detractors fear that the governmental hijacking of the management will mean diluted programming. After remodelling, the museum is set to reopen in March 2009 with an exhibition titled 'Architecture Without Place'. Other plans include reactivating Vilajoana's neon sculpture of the Cheshire Cat's grin across the façade and turning Drassanes metro station into a sister exhibition space.