Decided we'd spend this Christmas in Spain and tick off some Bucket list Items The Prado in Madrid & The Alhambra in Granada.
The first surprise on the trip, apart from the very pleasant ferry trip across the Bay of Biscay, was the Guggenheim Museum in Bilboa. I was taken aback. The cynic in me had always considered this a bit of post modernist hype summed up in works of Jeff Koon.
I was wrong! The building and its art where pure WTF art. Everything about the building was extraordinary and seemed to work so well with Koon's works.
Inside was just as WTF with huge spaces for some great art from Rothko, Warhol and many other international Abstract Expeessionists & Pop Artists including a few local artist.
The Guggenheim in Bilboa with its Origins in The New York version proves to me Musuem brands such as British Museum & The Louvre can export their brand whilst maintaining their integrity.
....another pleasant surprise was the
Making Africa exhibition a celebration of African Art & Design.
A interesting contrast to the British Library's West Africa Word Symbol Song...
All in All very much enjoyed the visit to
Bilboa!
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