Present day - Bilbao Fine Arts Museum

Practices: Manterola Scholarships 12/13

The museum offers 8 training scholarships in different areas with the aim of contributing to the insertion of young people into the workplace, encouraging self-training and bringing young people closer…

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“La maleta mexicana” Documentary

The Mexican Suitcase, directed by Trisha Ziff in 2011,  is a documentary that tells the true story of the nearly 4,500 negatives documenting the Spanish Civil War by Robert Capa,…

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The Bilbao Fine Arts Museum joins BookCrossing

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To mark World Book Day on April 23, 71 art centres and museums are to take part in a BookCrossing experience this Friday in which 5,000-plus books will be set free. Sixty-four Spanish and 7 international museums have signed up for the experience, including a number of Basque museums, such as Artium in Vitoria, the San Telmo museum in San Sebastián and the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum.

For the fourth consecutive year, the initiative is designed to put more than 5,000 books into public circulation, so that the people who find the copies can read and enjoy them before setting the books free again somewhere else in the world. All books freed in this way are labelled, and contain the instructions finders and readers need to take part in the campaign and appear on the www.bookcrossing-spain.com website, where participants can announce where they will set free the copies they have found and read. The idea is join forces with museum libraries in their bid to stimulate reading and the spread of knowledge.

Since its international beginnings back in 2001, BookCrossing has been defined as a global book club, with just three rules: read, record and set free. The books are set free in public places and at www.bookcrossing–spain.com anyone interested can see where each book has been. In previous experiences, freed books have been located in places as far apart as Paris, New York, Rome and El Cairo. BookCrossing means people can share books for free, track them and discover who else has read them and where. Anyone can take part by picking up books or putting their own books into circulation.
All freed books are labelled with the worldwide BookCrossing symbol and carry a brief text identifying them, plus instructions on how to take part through www.bookcrossing-spain.com. A sticker is also included for each reader to write his name and the place where he found the book.

On April 20 booklovers everywhere can become part of this increasingly popular worldwide book reading and sharing chain.

The Bilbao Fine Arts Museum in the Google Art Project

In February 2011 Google lunched the first phase of its Art Project, an initiative that will enable Net users to explore art through new digital tools. Originally involved in the…

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CRÓNICA 2011

Every spring since 2002 the Museum has published CRÓNICA, a publication that offers a condensed summary of the principal activities and events of the previous year. With a new design…

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The Mexican Suitcase: Activities in the Exhibit Hall

Como complemento al material propio de la exposición se proyectan en la propia sala dos audiovisuales. El primero de ellos es Rehearsal for War (Ensayo de guerra), una película en…

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Basterretxea exhibition: Information and activities

FILM AND DOCUMENTARY Fridays, Auditorium, 7 p.m. Free entry until all seats filled. More information TXALAPARTA CONCERT The Oletan Olgetan duo will perform pieces inspired by the art of Basterretxea.…

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BBK Fundazioa renews its collaborative agreement with the Museum

Iñaki Azkuna, president of the Fundación Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, and Mario Fernández, president of BBK Fundazioa, today signed the Collaborative Agreement that ensures the continuity of the…

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In the image: Mario Fernández and Iñaki Azkuna during the signing.

Antonio López Exhibition: Thanks a lot!

We would like to express our thanks to BBK Fundazioa for supporting both this cultural event and the Museum’s activities in general, as well as to the media for contributing…

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In the image: Antonio López signing copies of the catalogue during the inauguration of his exhibition.

The Museum presents Addenda 1

The 96 ancient bronze figures in the Museum constitute one of its most unique groups of works. They were donated in 1942 by Mercedes Basabe y Cotoner, widow of Manuel…

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Art at the Peak

In the same cooperative spirit, the Museum joined the Bilbao Association of Friends of the Opera and property agent Umpro in helping out on Biscay mountaineer Alex Txikon’s "Umpro K2"…

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Photo: Alex Txikon reaches the top of Gasherbrum 1 on 13 July.

Zaindu-The Museum Restores programme

El Corte Inglés first became involved in the conservation and restoration of artworks in the museum collection in 1990. In 2000, the department store stepped up its participation in the…

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In the picture (from left to right): Javier Viar,director of the museum; Blanca Urgell, Regional Minister for Culture of the Basque Government, Ángel Serna, director of El Corte Inglés Bilbao and José Luis Merino Gorospe, head of the Conservation and Restoration Department.

Calendar of events

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