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Sol LeWitt mural, entrance hall, CaixaForum, Barcelona, Spain

Splat, 2001, by Sol LeWitt, 1928-2007, an 18m long mural created for this space, with 9 bands of bright colour irregular waves, in the entrance hall, at CaixaForum Barcelona, a cultural centre opened 2002 in the former Casaramona textile factory built 1911, designed by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, in Montjuic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The centre was repurposed by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki, b. 1931. It is sponsored by La Caixa bank, and holds temporary exhibitions, concerts, educational workshops and films, and has a media library, auditorium, classroom, restaurant and children's activity space. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Splat, 2001, by Sol LeWitt, 1928-2007, an 18m long mural created for this space, with 9 bands of bright colour irregular waves, in the entrance hall, at CaixaForum Barcelona, a cultural centre opened 2002 in the former Casaramona textile factory built 1911, designed by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, in Montjuic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The centre was repurposed by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki, b. 1931. It is sponsored by La Caixa bank, and holds temporary exhibitions, concerts, educational workshops and films, and has a media library, auditorium, classroom, restaurant and children's activity space. Picture by Manuel Cohen