MACBAisbasicallydedicatedto the exhibitionof works madeduring the second halfof the twentieth century. The idea was toestablish a cityheldseveral exhibitionsof works byartists of the time.Thereferencecollection includesglobalnamessuch as PabloPicasso, JoanMiró,MarcelDuchamp, JoaquínTorres-García, PabloPalenzuela, AntoniTapies,SeptemberDau, MiquelBarcelo andRoyLichtenstein. In 1987 he foundedthe Museum of Contemporary Art Foundation, a private organization, which joinedthe consortium formed bythe two governments. TheMACBAopened itsdoors onNovember 28, 1999