Present day - Bilbao Fine Arts Museum

Mimmo Paladino

Organised in conjunction with the third International Print Festival, to be held in Bilbao from 20 to 23 November, this exhibition features a comprehensive selection of the graphic work of…

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In the image:
Eumaeus, 1994 
(From the Ulysses  series)

The Museo del Prado and the contemporary artists

On display from 23 September in Room 33 of the Museum is the exhibition The Museo del Prado and Contemporary Artists, comprising 48 works on paper – principally prints, in…

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In the image:
Eduardo Arroyo
Vanitas, 1991
© VEGAP, Madrid, 2012

Summer in the museum

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Bizkaia Sarean Awards 201

The Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao has received the Bizkaia Sarean Prize 2014 for business in the Best Management category, at a ceremony held in Bilbao at the Torre…

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Noche Blanca – White Night 2014

From 20:30 am on Saturday, June 14 the White Night will start. Bilbao celebrates her birthday at evening with coloured light shows for all ages. The city will dress up…

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Torii arches in bilbao

The advertising campaign designed by Herederos de Rowan for the exhibition Japanese Art and Japonisme has been launched with a striking piece of urban marketing: two torii built by Estudios…

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Koto concert

The Palacio Collection of Oriental Art, put together by José Palacio between 1925 and 1932, became part of the Bilbao Fine Arts Collection in 1953 as a bequest from his…

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Multi-tactile screen in the El Greco exhibition

The new technologies offer innovative ways of approaching works of art. In 2011 the Museum demonstrated this potential during the exhibition Goya. Prints of Invention when it developed a specific…

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International Museums Day

May 18th is International Museum Day, and to mark the event the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum will be offering free admission to all visitors over the weekend. Also available during…

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Art District Bilbao

The second edition of Bilbao Art District takes place during the first weekend in May. Within this cultural project, which focuses on promoting the area of the city known as…

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The museum’s library joins BookCrossing again

For the sixth consecutive year, the initiative is designed to put more than 2,500 books into public circulation, so that the people who find the copies can read and enjoy…

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Second “basque FEST” Festival

On April 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21, Bilbao is hosting the second edition of Basque FEST, a new annual event focused on Basque culture: art, dance, street theatre, children’s…

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Calendar of events

BBK Art Route V

exhibition

Eugui artistic armoury, Navarra

exhibition

Néstor Basterretxea

exhibition

Out of Control. Reports on the Atomic Bomb

exhibition

Nicolás de Lekuona donation

exhibition

Begoña María Azkue Bequest 

exhibition

BBKateak

exhibition

Sergio Prego. Thirteen to Centaurus

exhibition