Bilbao
Instantly hailed as the most important structure of its time, Frank Gehry’s Guggenheim Museum Bilbao has celebrated more than a decade of extraordinary success. With over a hundred exhibitions and more than ten million visitors to its credit, the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao has changed the way people think about museums, and it continues to challenge assumptions about the connections between art, architecture, and collecting.
On View Now
The Inverted Mirror: Art from the Collections of "la Caixa" Foundation and MACBA
January 31–September 2, 2012With
works by 52 artists from two of the largest contemporary art
collections in Europe, this thematically organized survey of art since
the late 1940s includes painting, sculpture, video, and photography.
Guggenheim Museum
Bilbao Collection
The Guggenheim Bilbao's collection spans from the mid-twentieth century to the present day, concentrating on post-war painting and sculpture in America and Europe. The collection includes key works by significant artists including Anselm Kiefer, Willem de Kooning, Robert Motherwell, and Richard Serra, whose work The Matter of Time was created to be a permanent installation in Bilbao's largest gallery.
Also of Interest
Two New Restaurants at the Museum
On
May 29 the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao opened two truly world-class
restaurants: Nerua, a haute cuisine restaurant helmed by award-winning
chef Josean Martínez Alija, and the Bistró Guggenheim Bilbao. Nerua is
located in the heart of the Museum near Richard Serra's The Matter of Time,
and has its own entrance from the river promenade. The less formal
Bistró serves three prix-fixe menus of avant-garde café fare, and has an
outdoor terrace overlooking the city. For more information or to make
reservations, visit the restaurants page of the Bilbao website.
Plan Your Visit
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
Avenida Abandoibarra, 2
Bilbao 48001, Spain
For current hours, admission prices, and events, please visit the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao website
