Present day - Bilbao Fine Arts Museum

New BBK-Museo Scholarships

If you feel passionately about research, then the Museum and BBK offer you the opportunity to do what you like doing best. Directed from the Museum Archives, these scholarships aim…

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Preparations begin for Antonio López

On 10 October, thanks to the generous sponsorship of the Fundación BBK, the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum is to inaugurate Antonio López, a major retrospective exhibition of one of the…

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Activities related to the exhibition Sacred Gold.

Goldsmith’s workshop. The creation of objets d’art using the goldsmith’s craft: techniques, tools, materials and problems facing pre-Colombian goldsmiths. Workshop given by Matxalen Krug, a professional jewellery maker.                 …

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Presentation of a restored tapestry

The Real Fábrica de Tapices, Madrid, has recently finished restoring an outstanding XVII-century tapestry belonging to the Museum since it was donated in 1953. For this presentation, a completely-new exhibition,…

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View of the tapestry in room 7.

Picasso and Oteiza. Presentation of the Latest Acquisitions and Donations

  During the Museum patrons’ meeting held on Thursday, the 16th June, several new donations were accepted and acquisitions of other works of art were approved. In the donations chapter,…

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Jorge Oteiza (Orio, Gipuzkoa, 1908–2003)
Itziar, 1947

White Night 2011

Piano, poetry, short films, silleteros and Colombian harps This year’s White Night at the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum has a programme of sketches of Colombia organized with assessment from the…

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Zaindu – The Museum Restores 2011

Sponsored by El Corte Inglés Bilbao department store, the annual Zaindu–The Museum Restores programme oversees the restoration of a group of artworks in the Museum’s permanent collection. Selected for restoration…

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Creativity as a marque for a Museum that isn’t a brand museum.

Communications and arts heritage portal Miradas desde la copa devotes the second edition of its e-journal to the publicity generate by the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum and creative consultants Herederos…

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Chilean Film Festival 20/05/11-18/06/11

El húsar de la muerte, 1925 20/05-18.00 h B-Happy, 2004 20/05-20.00 h + 21/05-18.00 h Mala leche, 2003 21/05-20.00 h El brindis, 2007 27/05-18.00 h Radio Corazón, historias del chacotero…

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The exhibition Balenciaga: Designing The Limits, finalist of the prestigious FAD awards

A few days ago, the finalists of the 53rd edition of the FAD awards were announced. The awards are organized by Arquin-FAD (Associació interdisciplinària del Disseny de l'Espai del Foment…

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18 May 2011: International Museum Day

Admission free all day. Free audioguide for museum permanent collection. Draw for 10 museum member cards (valid for 1 year). Our artists: Free guided tours of portraits and self-portraits by…

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18 May 2011: International Museum Day

The worldwide community of museums will celebrate International Museum Day around May 18, 2011. Museum and Memory is the theme of International Museum Day 2011. Museums store memory and tell…

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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