Forty years ago, the Centre Pompidou opened its doors to fulfill the dream of French president Georges Pompidou. Before his death, Pompidou had said, "I want to erect a cultural center that is both a museum and space of creation in which the visual arts mingle with music, film and books." George Pompidou could have never imagined that 40 years later his museum would have a space for creation and also expand beyond the borders. Since 2010, the institution has a branch in Metz that offers those people who live far from Paris access to its collections. Continuing with this interest, one of the future goals of the museum is to expand the Pompidou brand around the world. This is the thinking behind the experiment of creating the ephemeral venue in Malaga, which Serge Lasvignes, current director of the Pompidou, refers to as a "successful experiment." The Centre Pompidou is finalizing details for other branches abroad. While not a sure thing, Lasvignes told the Spanish newspaper El País that Latin America "is one of the possibilities in the future" and informs that the project is in a preliminary stage but a specific country has already been chosen: "I am very interested in Colombia. It is a promising country with many resources, where artistic groups have played a role in reaching social peace." But before that, the Centre Pompidou plans to open a space in Brussels (in 2018), taking over a 35,000 square meter old art deco garage. Provided that the negotiations are successful, the Centre will also inaugurate a space in Shanghai, possibly in a building currently under construction in an old airport in the city. Likewise, Lasvignes does not rule out the possibility of renovating the agreement with Malaga, which expires in 2020. Thus, this anniversary is marked by the sign of decentralization. For this reason, the Centre Pompidou decided to organize 40 different exhibitions across the French territory, from Marseille to Lille and from Bordeaux to Strasbourg, temporally presenting its works in regional museums. "To democratize art is a mobilizing utopia: it never ends and demands an unyielding will," said Lasvignes to the Spanish newspaper.