The Board of Trustees of the Es Baluard Foundation approves the action plan and the 2024 budget.

• One of the main highlights of 2024 will be the Museum's 20th anniversary. The commemorative events will begin on 30 January and will include a variety of reflective and entertaining formats to address issues such as the role of the Museum and its mission in today's society and the changes in the museum institution and its future projection, among others.

• Es Baluard Museu presents 10 exhibition projects of its own production, including the exhibition on the Museum's Collection that will be presented on the occasion of the 20th anniversary and that will occupy two of the main floors of the building.

• The main objective will be to open up the Museum to different audiences, offering a wide range of varied proposals, in order to make the cultural complex a true meeting and learning place.

• The number of Open Doors days at the Museum is doubled, with a special highlight being the 20th anniversary week, and a programme of free guided tours to the Museum Collection and its spaces is launched for the general public.

• The Board of Trustees has approved the terms and conditions for the selection process for the Director of the centre.

Palma, December 4th 2023. Es Baluard Museu d’Art Contemporani de Palma presents its programme of exhibitions for 2024, a year that will be marked by the commemoration of the centre's 20th anniversary.

EXHIBITIONS
A total of 10 projects of its own production make up the programme of exhibitions that will take place throughout 2024 at Es Baluard Museum, most of them linked to the Balearic historical-artistic historiography.

The Museum's Collection, on the occasion of its 20th anniversary, will be the subject of an initial reading of the various artistic trends developed from the end of the 19th century to the present day. In addition, the Mallorcan artist Tonina Matamalas will propose an artistic intervention on the building based on an approach to the historical context of the location of the Museum itself, the Renaissance wall, and its evolution. In relation to the Collection, in June will follow the research by Carles Guerra into artistic practices defined in the context of health, questioning the definition of "norm".

The Balearic Islands will be reflected from various research perspectives in the following four exhibition projects: the exhibition on the figure of Katja Meiroswky, a painter linked to the Grupo Ibiza 59; the exhibition on the presence of the theorist and philosopher Walter Benjamin on the island in 1932 and 1933 by the artist Gonzalo Elvira (Patagonia, Argentina, 1971); the S.I. D.A. and its reflection in artistic creation in the Balearic context from the 1980s to the present day will be the subject of Jesús Alcaide's research work, and finally Lluís Vecina Rufiandis (Mallorca, 1995), and his installation from which he will reflect on the relationship between the tourist phenomenon and historical memory on the island of Mallorca, with the beach of Sa Coma in particular.

The programme will include solo exhibitions by three contemporary artists, Ana Laura Aláez and Bel Fullana -both linked to Mallorca-, and Kimsooja, an international artist: Ana Laura Aláez (Bilbao, 1964), a renowned multidisciplinary artist who has lived on the island since 2010, will present a newly created work linked to Mallorca. Bel Fullana (Son Carrió, 1985) will have her first solo exhibition at Es Baluard with a specific sculptural project as a milestone in her artistic career linked to painting. Kimsooja (Taegu, South Korea, 1957), a renowned artist from Korea, will be the subject of a review of her artistic career in what will be her first institutional exhibition in the Balearic Islands.

OPENING AND DIVERSITY
The Museum will continue to work with educational centres, families, children, young people, the elderly, social groups..., making the Museum a place for learning, research and enjoyment, increasingly accessible, sustainable and supportive, as it could not be otherwise.

The Museum's 20th anniversary will have special relevance, offering a wide range of proposals aimed at all ages and profiles, to include and share this year of celebration with all citizens. In addition, a programme of free guided tours of the Museum Collection and its spaces will be launched.

The attendees of the meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Es Baluard Museum Foundation are:

• Margalida Prohens, presidenta del Govern de les Illes Balears i presidenta del Patronat de la Fundació Es Baluard
• Antonia María Estarellas, consellera de Presidència i Administracions Públiques del Govern de les Illes Balears
• Jaume Bauzà Mayol, conseller de Turisme, Cultura i Esports del Govern de les Illes Balears
• Pedro Vidal, Secretari Autonòmic de Cultura i Esports del Govern de les Illes Balears
• Llorenç Galmés, president del Consell Insular de Mallorca
• Guillem Ginard Sala, director insular de Cultura del Consell Insular de Mallorca
• Marcos Jerónimo Felipe Nicholas, secretari tècnic de Cultura i Patrimoni del Consell Insular de Mallorca
• Jaime Martínez, batle de Palma
• Fernando Gómez de la Cuesta, coordinador general de Cultura i Arts Visuals de l’Ajuntament de Palma
• Carme Serra, Fundació d’Art Serra
• Miquel Serra, Fundació d’Art Serra
• Miquel Rullán, Fundació d’Art Serra
• Bernardí Roig, artista