Overview
- Mid-October reporting by multiple outlets cites a Pompidou spokesperson saying the project’s opening has been pushed from 2028 to 2029.
- No construction work has started and the public call for bids has not been launched, with a tender once expected in November now postponed.
- The museum was created by a December 2024 state decree with about 250 million reais in funding and an eight-year cooperation agreement that grants the Centre Pompidou brand and technical consulting.
- Paraguayan architect Solano Benítez completed and had the preliminary design approved, and state officials say budgeting is underway so a tender can be issued.
- The site on the road to Iguazu Falls in Foz do Iguaçu is aimed at drawing roughly 800,000 visitors a year, and the delay plus the October 4th change in state leadership to governor Sergio Moro could shift timelines for tourism benefits and contractor procurement.