Philosophy

THE MARTA ORTEGA PÉREZ FOUNDATION (MOP FOUNDATION) WAS ESTABLISHED IN APRIL 2022.

ITS ACTIVITY, FOCUSED ON HOLDING WORLD-CLASS EXHIBITIONS, IS BASED ON THREE PILLARS: A CORUÑA, PHOTOGRAPHY, AND FASHION.

THE SETTING FOR THESE EXHIBITIONS IS AN INDUSTRIAL SPACE IN THE PORT AREA OF A CORUÑA (MUELLE DE LA BATERÍA) TRANSFORMED BY THE ARCHITECT ELSA URQUIJO. THESE ARE THE FACILITIES WHERE THE EXHIBITION "PETER LINDBERGH : UNTOLD STORIES" WAS HELD IN 2021, WHICH ATTRACTED MORE THAN 110,000 VISITORS AND LED TO THE CREATION OF THE MOP FOUNDATION.

BETWEEN NOVEMBER 2022 AND MAY 2023, THE PIER HOSTED THE MOP FOUNDATION'S NEW PROJECT: "STEVEN MEISEL 1993 A YEAR IN PHOTOGRAPHS", AN EXHIBITION OF THE WORK OF THIS MASTER PHOTOGRAPHER DURING 1993, A DECISIVE YEAR IN HIS CAREER, WHICH WAS HIGHLIGHTED BY HIS CLOSE COLLABORATION WITH VOGUE, DURING WHICH HE SIGNED 28 PORTRAITS AND OVER 100 EDITORIALS FOR THE MAGAZINE.

This coming autumn, the new project of the MOP Foundation, a major Helmut Newton exhibition, will be a highlight of the arts calendar.

Helmut Newton - Fact & Fiction, running from 18 November 2023 – 1 May 2024, will celebrate the life and work of the legendary German-Australian photographer. Helmut Newton - Fact & Fiction is created in close collaboration with the Helmut Newton Foundation and will be curated by Philippe Garner, Matthias Harder, and Tim Jefferies.

THE MOP FOUNDATION ALSO HAS AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME AIMED AT BRINGING AWARENESS OF THESE GREAT PHOTOGRAPHERS TO GALICIAN CLASSROOMS, THUS PROMOTING THE SCOPE OF THE EXHIBITION AT A LOCAL LEVEL, AND THE FUTURE STORIES PROJECT, AIMED AT SUPPORTING CREATORS IN THEIR ARTISTIC CAREERS.