The approximately five hundred sculptures within the reach of passers-by lie on the border between art and stage settings, culture and city. Although the main twentieth-century movements and artists are represented in different works, Barcelona has not been conceived as an open-air sculpture museum, despite resembling one. Instead, it has endeavoured to receive art in a vivacious project that allows us to define it as a plastic city. 

Over the two past decades the city of Barcelona has become a point of reference for cultural tourism. The intense activity in the spheres of art and of town planning, and particularly the opening of new art centres and the modernisation of existing museums, alongside the growth of the city’s sculptural heritage have proven to be decisive factors.