{"id":14659,"date":"2020-09-08T11:58:41","date_gmt":"2020-09-08T11:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basqueluxury.com\/el-museo-de-bellas-artes-de-bilbao-se-prepara-para-su-ampliacion-de-la-mano-de-norman-foster\/"},"modified":"2020-09-09T07:47:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-09T07:47:00","slug":"the-fine-arts-museum-of-bilbao-gets-ready-for-its-extension-which-is-the-brainchild-of-norman-foster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basqueluxury.com\/en\/the-fine-arts-museum-of-bilbao-gets-ready-for-its-extension-which-is-the-brainchild-of-norman-foster\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fine Arts Museum of Bilbao gets ready for its extension, which is the brainchild of Norman Foster"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 2019, the decision about who would complete the extension of the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum was made known, with Norman Foster and Luis Mar\u00eda Uriarte having won the public bidding process. The project, called Agravitas<\/em>, consists of an impressive floating gallery that measures 2,000 m2<\/sup> and sits atop the two current buildings, constructed in 1945 and 1970. Building works for the new structure, which will be for temporary exhibitions, will begin in mid-2021 and wrap up towards the end of the following year.<\/p>\n

This expansion is coming together partly thanks to the work of the Museum’s director, Miguel Zugaza, who has skillfully watched over the establishment since 2017. His 15 years at the helm of the Prado Museum and his boldness when putting together innovative exhibitions (like the Alicia Koplowitz Collection<\/em>) have brought the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum into a new era, and the construction of this structure by the award-winning architect from London will do nothing less than reaffirm this gallery’s importance.<\/p>\n

Although its architecture \u2013both present and future\u2013 is of great relevance, there is no doubt that what makes the Fine Arts Museum so striking is its exquisite collection, made up of more than 14,300 pieces (nearly 2,200 paintings, 500 sculptures, 10,400 works on paper, and 1,200 applied arts pieces), of which only around 5% are on display. The collection includes masters as important as El Greco, Francisco de Goya, Joaquin Sorolla, Paul Gauguin, Francis Bacon, Antoni Tapies, and Miquel Barcel\u00f3. In addition, the museum has managed to gather the largest existing collection of Basque art, made up of more than 4,000 pieces by big names such as Aurelio Arteta, Jorge Oteiza, Ignacio Zuloaga, and Eduardo Chillida.<\/p>\n

Among the gallery’s most noteworthy pieces are Lucretia<\/em> by Lucas Cranach The Elder<\/em>, The Rape of Europa<\/em> by Martin de Vos, The Annunciation<\/em> by El Greco, Saint Sebasti\u00e1n Tended by the Holy Women<\/em> by Jos\u00e9 de Ribera, Saint Peter in Tears<\/em> by Murillo, Lot and His Daughters<\/em> by Orazio Gentileschi, Portrait of Mart\u00edn Zapater<\/em> by Francisco de Goya, Kissing the Relic<\/em> by Sorolla, Seated Woman with a Child<\/em> by Mary Cassatt, Washerwomen in Arles<\/em> by Paul Gauguin, Portrait of the Countess Mathieu de Noailles <\/em>by Zuloaga, as well as the more recent Lying Figure in Mirror<\/em> by Francis Bacon, Trembling Irons IV<\/em> by Chillida, Bilbao <\/em>by Richard Serra, and Large Oval<\/em> by Antoni T\u00e0pies.<\/p>\n

With this impressive collection of paintings and sculptures, and with the determination to grow with which the Museum wishes to ring in the new decade, it is not surprising that Bilbao has been able to break into the international museum circuit, becoming one of Europe’s “must-see” art destinations.<\/p>\n

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Museo de Bellas Artes<\/strong><\/p>\n

Museo Plaza 2, Bilbao.<\/p>\n

Tel.: +34 944 396 060<\/strong><\/p>\n

museobilbao.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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