The Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía is joining our family. We are taking over the management of the café, the restaurant and the courtyard terrace of the Nouvel Building, as well as the events held inside the museum. A long-term project, with a daily presence and a genuine day-to-day life alongside a world-class cultural institution.

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The Reina Sofía is a place that builds thought, generates debate and is in constant dialogue with its time. Its galleries bring together some of the most important works of contemporary art, with Picasso's Guernica as their symbolic centre, alongside works by Dalí, Miró, Juan Gris, Maruja Mallo and Antoni Tàpies. A museum where art is seen as a living, critical tool.

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Working inside a place like this means understanding that gastronomy cannot be something separate. It has to fit in respectfully, adapt to its context and accompany the visitor, the in-house team and the museum's own programme. Living up to the space means understanding its rhythm, its diversity of audiences and its international vocation.

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We are not doing this project alone. We are developing it together with Grupo La Fábrica, with whom we share an alliance built over time and through real projects. A relationship already consolidated in venues such as the Palacio de Linares, ABC Serrano and the Museo Nacional del Prado, and which now extends to the Reina Sofía. Different venues, different languages, but a single way of understanding gastronomy as a cultural service.

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Working simultaneously with the Museo Nacional del Prado and the Museo Nacional Reina Sofía is no minor milestone for a company. It means being present every day in two places that represent complementary visions of art and history, and doing so from a position of respect and constant learning. It means taking on very high standards and a great institutional responsibility, but also the privilege of living alongside works, ideas and people that inspire.

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For our team, working in these venues is a constant source of stimulation. Daily closeness to the art, the architecture, the cultural programming and the people who make these museums possible shapes the way we understand our own craft.

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The fact that both museums are now part of our ecosystem is not simply a matter of adding up projects. It reflects a very particular way of understanding our work, in which food and service enter into dialogue with culture from a place of humility, in the knowledge that being here every day is, as well as a responsibility, an extraordinary opportunity to keep learning.

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A new gastronomic chapter now begins in the Edificio Nouvel under the name of ARTEM. A space conceived to become part of the life of the museum. Designed to accompany its programme and the people who pass through it every day. Flexible, contemporary and attentive to its surroundings. A place that understands gastronomy as part of the cultural narrative and not as an aside to it.

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There is a phrase that sums up well how we are approaching this stage: “Whoever works with their hands is a craftsman. Whoever works with their hands and their mind is an artisan. But whoever works with their hands, their mind and their heart is an artist.” This is how we understand our work.

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Working alongside great artists, curators, creators and cultural teams is a privilege. And a responsibility too. That is why we approach this project with our hands, our minds and our hearts. Because that is the only way it makes sense to be here.