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Free Admission: Maria Helena Vieira da Silva. Anatomy of Space

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A unique opportunity for educators to visit at their own pace the exhibition focusing on Portuguese artist Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, whose paintings present spaces that bring the real and the imaginary together. A unique visual language prompting reflection on the boundaries between representation and abstraction.
Hours: 10:00 am–7:00 pm
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Maria Helena Vieira da Silva 
The Corridor or Interior (Le couloir ou Intérieur), 1948 Oil and graphite on canvas 46 × 55 cm Private collection © Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, VEGAP, Bilbao 2025 Photo: Courtesy of Jeanne Bucher Jaeger, Paris / Jean-Louis Losi

A unique opportunity for educators to visit at their own pace the exhibition focusing on Portuguese artist Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, whose paintings present spaces that bring the real and the imaginary together.

Free Admission: Maria Helena Vieira da Silva. Anatomy of Space | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Orientation Session: Maria Helena Vieira da Silva. Anatomy of Space

A session with the Museum’s Education Team to help you plan your visit to the exhibition with your students. This exhibition will introduce you to the style of Portuguese painter Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, whose paintings present spaces that bring the real and the imaginary together, prompting reflection on the boundaries between representation and abstraction. The perfect place to trigger discussion of such topics as perception, composition, and the use of color in the visual arts.
Time: 5:00 pm 
Duration: 90 min.
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Maria Helena Vieira da Silva 
Figure de ballet (Figura de ballet), 1948 Oil and graphite on canvas 27 × 46 cm Courtesy of Galerie Jeanne Bucher Jaeger, Paris – Lisbon © Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, VEGAP, Bilbao 2025 Photo: Courtesy of Jeanne Bucher Jaeger, Paris

A session with the Museum’s Education Team to help you plan your visit to the exhibition with your students. This exhibition will introduce you to the style of Portuguese painter Maria Helena

Orientation Session: Maria Helena Vieira da Silva. Anatomy of Space | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Charla-taller online: pedagogía, arte y … sostenibilidad medioambiental.

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Online talks and workshops covering various topics related to the teaching of art and its practical application in the classroom. Designed exclusively for Middle/Secondary School and High School/Sixth Form teachers (Educator Community Members only).
In this session that will take place alongside the Arts of the Earth exhibition at the Guggenheim Bilbao Museum, we will explore different aspects regarding the use of sustainable materials, climate change, and nature conservation, offering you a content that you can later apply directly in your lessons.
Conducted by:
Veva Linaza, artist and assistant professor at the Painting Department of the UPV/EHU Faculty of Fine Arts
Time: 5 pm
Duration: 90 min.
Language: Spanish
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Image: Yoko Ono: Wish Tree for Bilbao, 1966/2014. Variable dimensions. Guggenheim Bilbao Museum

Online talk-workshop: teaching, art and… environmental sustainability

Online talks and workshops covering various topics related to the teaching of art and its practical application in the classroom. Designed exclusively for Middle/Secondary School and High School/Sixth Form teachers (Educator Community Members only).

Online talk-workshop: teaching, art and… environmental sustainability | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Free Admission: Arts of the Earth

A unique opportunity for educators to visit an exhibition that demonstrates the Museum’s commitment to environmental sustainability at their own pace. The show takes a look at art inspired by nature and the Earth from the past decades. Resorting to a variety of materials, mediums, and techniques, artists explore a number of ideas, tools, and possibilities for a sustainable future, especially in connection with the care of the soil.
Hours: 10:00 am–7:00 pm
 
Asunción Molinos Gordo 
The Ancients, 2024 Mixed media, clay and straw Courtesy of the artist and Travesía Cuatro, Madrid

A unique opportunity for educators to visit an exhibition that demonstrates the Museum’s commitment to environmental sustainability at their own pace. The show takes a look at art inspired by nature and the Earth from the past decades

Free Admission: Arts of the Earth | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Orientation Session: Arts of the Earth

A session with the Museum’s Education Team to help you plan your visit to the exhibition with your students. Tour of the show included, to see how different artists deal with topics inspired by nature and the environment, resorting to a variety of materials and techniques. Arts of the Earth—an exhibition demonstrating the Museum’s commitment to environmental sustainability—invites us to take care of our planet, offering ideas for a sustainable future, especially in connection with soil health.
Time: 5:00 pm 
Duration: 90 min.
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Giuseppe Penone 
Fingernail and Bay Leaves (Unghia e foglie di alloro), 1989 Glass and bay leaves Courtesy of the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery Photo: Alex Yudzon

A session with the Museum’s Education Team to help you plan your visit to the exhibition with your students

Orientation Session: Arts of the Earth | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Free Admission: Guggenheim Museum Bilbao Collection

A unique opportunity for educators to visit the new presentation from the Museum Collection including recent acquisitions, gifts, and loans—over 50 artworks from renowned artists, including Jenny Holzer, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Andy Warhol, Jeff Koons, and Helen Frankenthaler, among others, from the post-war years to the present. The selection shows the expression of emotions, themes, and ideas in a variety of languages and styles.
Hours: 10:00 am–7:00 pm
 
Helen Frankenthaler 
Requiem, 1992 
Acrylic on canvas 179.1 × 243.8 cm Guggenheim Museum Bilbao © 2025 Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VEGAP

A unique opportunity for educators to visit the new presentation from the Museum Collection including recent acquisitions, gifts, and loans—over 50 artworks from renowned artists, including Jenny Holzer, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Andy Warhol, Jeff Koons, and Helen Frankenthaler

Free Admission: Guggenheim Museum Bilbao Collection | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Orientation Session: Guggenheim Museum Bilbao Collection

A session with the Museum’s Education Team to help you plan your visit to the exhibition with your students. Tour of the show included. This new presentation from the Museum Collection gathers recent acquisitions, gifts, and loans, taking us on a journey through the history of art from the post-war years to the present. Including over 50 artworks from renowned artists such as Jenny Holzer, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Andy Warhol, Jeff Koons, and Helen Frankenthaler, the selection shows the expression of emotions, themes, and ideas in a variety of languages and styles.
Time: 5:00 pm 
Duration: 90 min.
 
Jeff Koons 
Bob Tail, 1991 
Polychromed wood 136.5 × 332.7 cm Ed.: 3/3 + AP Long-term loan from the Inge Rodenstock Collection to Guggenheim Museum Bilbao © Jeff Koons

A session with the Museum’s Education Team to help you plan your visit to the exhibition with your students.

Orientation Session: Guggenheim Museum Bilbao Collection | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Free Admission: Ruth Asawa

A unique opportunity for educators to take a look at Japanese-American artist Ruth Asawa’s sculptures. Asawa is one of the most original representatives of modern art, and a pioneer in the use of unconventional materials. Her delicate wire structures seem to be floating in space, defying the traditional laws of sculpture and her art tells a story of creativity, innovation, and achievement.
Hours: 10:00 am–7:00 pm
 
Ruth Asawa and Bruce Sherman 
Untitled (S.100, Hanging Tied-Wire, Double-Sided, Open-Center, Six-Petaled Form with Stained Glass), ca. 1978 Private collection, courtesy of David Zwirner © Ruth Asawa, VEGAP, Bilbao 2025 Photo: Courtesy of Ruth Asawa Lanier, Inc.

A unique opportunity for educators to take a look at Japanese-American artist Ruth Asawa’s sculptures

Free Admission: Ruth Asawa | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Orientation Session: Ruth Asawa

A session with the Museum’s Education Team to help you plan your visit to the exhibition with your students. Guided tour of the show included to take a look at Japanese-American artist Ruth Asawa’s fascinating sculptures. Asawa is one of the most original representatives of modern art, and a pioneer in the use of unconventional materials. Her delicate wire structures seem to be floating in space, defying the traditional laws of sculpture and her art tells a story of creativity, innovation, and achievement.
Time: 5:00 pm 
Duration: 90 min.
 
Ruth Asawa 
Untitled (S.046a-d, Hanging Group of Four, Two-Lobed Forms), 1961 Collection of Diana Nelson and John Atwater, promised gift to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Courtesy of David Zwirner © Ruth Asawa, VEGAP, Bilbao 2025 Photo: Laurence Cuneo

A session with the Museum’s Education Team to help you plan your visit to the exhibition with your students. Guided tour of the show included to take a look at Japanese-American artist Ruth Asawa’s fascinating sculptures.

Orientation Session: Ruth Asawa | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

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