Centro de Arte Contemporáneo, Malaga

The Comandante Benitez embankment is home to the Contemporary Art Center. The gallery is considered one of Málaga's most important museums, and the building is a remarkable example of public architecture from the Franco era. In 1937, the city administration commissioned the construction of a water supply station, commissioning the architect Gutiérrez Soto to design the project. Construction was completed in 1944. The building's style can be described as constructivist. This movement emerged in Soviet Russia in the 1920s and, in one form or another, found adherents among dictatorships across Europe. In the 1980s, a new water supply center was built, and the building was abandoned. City officials debated for a long time what to do with it, and ultimately decided to turn it over to the police department as a garage for official vehicles. In 1998, at the initiative and with funding from Unicaja and Telefónica, work began on converting the building into a Contemporary Art Center. The renovation project was designed by Miguel Ángel Díaz Romero, and the center was inaugurated on February 17, 2003. It now houses a permanent collection of contemporary painting and sculpture, as well as temporary exhibitions. The museum is open Tuesday through Sunday from 9:00 AM to 9:30 PM in summer and until 8:00 PM in winter. Admission is free, but temporary exhibitions are available for a fee. Photography is prohibited inside.

A sculpture by Hessian artist Stephen Balkenhol, depicting a man in an unnatural pose, stands at the entrance to the Center. The artist, who calls it Man Moving 2, says the sculpture symbolizes the balance needed in our rapidly changing world.

The tall metal structure by Chema Alvargonzález is called Sombra azul (Blue Shadow).