Works from the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao Collection

With this new exhibition, the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao presents a recent extension of its holdings including new acquisitions, gifts from The D.Daskalopoulos Collection and the Al Held Foundation, as well as the long-term loan of around fifty pieces from the Inge Rodenstock Collection. These additions strengthen the representation of key art figures and movements from the second half of the 20th century, such as Jean-Michel Basquiat, Yves Klein, Jeff Koons, Antoni Tàpies, Cy Twombly, or Andy Warhol, while they also expand the Collection’s narrative lines by introducing different styles and names, like Hanne Darboven, Al Held, Damien Hirst, Martin Kippenberger, and Robert Ryman, among others. These works represent an extraordinary contribution to the institution and enable to highlight unique connections between artists, movements, and eras.

With the exception of galleries 301 and 304, each of which is devoted to a single artist—Yayoi Kusama and El Anatsui, respectively—all the other spaces are conceived as independent choral presentations that foster multiple interpretations and novel dialogues among the pieces in the Collection. This strategy enhances the Museum’s commitment to creating a dynamic, plural narrative that reflects the richness and complexity of contemporary art and that contributes to the investigation and dissemination of art history from the 1950s to the present day.