Austrian baritone Rafael Fingerlos and pianist Rubén Fdez. Aguirre take the stage in Bilbao with the recital "Anhelos de la amada". 🎶

The performance is part of the Ciclo Lied Arriagan at Teatro Arriaga, presented in collaboration with Fundación Juan March from Madrid, exploring the parallel musical paths of Beethoven and Schubert.

🎶 ANHELOS DE LA AMADA

📅 October 13, 2026

🕐 19:30

📍 Teatro Arriaga, Bilbao

🎟️ 18 €

📖 Beethoven and Schubert: crossing paths through Lied

Rafael Fingerlos and Rubén Fdez. Aguirre contrast distinct musical approaches to the absence of the beloved in a powerful emotional crescendo. The figure of the distant, idealized, and longed-for beloved becomes the common poetic thread connecting Ludwig van Beethoven and Franz Schubert from different artistic angles.

With his Op. 98, Beethoven created the very first song cycle of interconnected, inseparable pieces—an innovative format that Schubert would subsequently elevate to supreme heights. Although both composers lived in Vienna during the 1820s, there is no conclusive evidence that they ever met in person.

This recital offers an evocative dialogue between their parallel journeys, mirroring two railway tracks heading forward into previously uncharted musical territory.

🏛️ Teatro Arriaga Production

This concert is a production of Teatro Arriaga in collaboration with Madrid's Fundación Juan March. It brings together the vocal artistry of baritone Rafael Fingerlos and the distinguished accompaniment of Bilbao pianist Rubén Fdez. Aguirre on the Arriaga stage.

✨ A captivating musical encounter exploring love, longing, and the peak of nineteenth-century Lied.

The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao updates the display of its permanent collection with new acquisitions, loans, and major donations dialogue with Frank Gehry's iconic spaces. 🎨🏛️

Curated by Marta Blàvia, this selection brings together outstanding artworks from the second half of the 20th century to the present day.

🎨 Works from the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao Collection

📅 From November 7, 2025 to October 31, 2026

🕐 Tuesday to Sunday: 10:00-20:00. In July and August, Monday to Sunday: 10:00-20:00

📍 Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Bilbao

🎟️ Check official website or ticket desk

📖 Expanding narratives and new acquisitions

The exhibition showcases the growth of the museum's holdings through recent acquisitions, donations from the D.Daskalopoulos Collection and the Al Held Foundation, alongside a long-term loan of around fifty pieces from the Inge Rodenstock Collection. These additions highlight figures such as Jean-Michel Basquiat, Yves Klein, Jeff Koons, Antoni Tàpies, Cy Twombly, and Andy Warhol, alongside works by Hanne Darboven, Damien Hirst, Martin Kippenberger, and Robert Ryman.

With the exception of galleries 301 and 304—dedicated individually to Yayoi Kusama and El Anatsui—the spaces offer choral presentations fostering fresh dialogues across periods and styles.

🏛️ Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

The museum reaffirms its mission to explore art history from the 1950s onwards, actively integrating Gehry's architectural setting into the visitor's artistic experience.

✨ A fresh look at the evolving contemporary art collection of the Guggenheim Bilbao.

Artist Félix de la Concha arrives in Bilbao to transform our perception of the urban environment through his painting and visual reflections. 🎨🚗

Galería MÄA hosts a project dedicated to the work of the artist from León, exploring the passage of time and everyday landscapes.

🎨 PERPETUUM AUTO-MOBILE

📅 From September 3 to October 31, 2026

🕐 Mondays 18:00–21:00; Tuesday to Friday 11:00–14:00 and 18:00–21:00; Saturdays and Sundays by appointment

📍 Galería MÄA, Bilbao

🎟️ Not indicated

📖 About the exhibition

The exhibition brings together ten works from a series developed over more than three decades, focused on parked vehicles in urban settings. Through this recurring subject, the work delves into stillness, observation, and the flow of time.

The project also includes an installation that engages in a direct dialogue with Diego Velázquez's masterpiece Las Meninas, offering a contemporary visual and conceptual reflection.

🎨 Félix de la Concha and Galería MÄA

Félix de la Concha (León, 1962) is known for his extensive career defined by painting from life and long-term conceptual projects. Galería MÄA presents this selection of works at its gallery in Bilbao, accompanied by a digital catalogue.

ℹ️ Good to know: Saturday and Sunday visits are available strictly by appointment.

✨ A unique chance to experience Félix de la Concha's poetic reflections on time in Bilbao.

The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao presents a major exhibition dedicated to Igshaan Adams, weaving together textile art, memory, and contemporary dance into large-scale installations. 🎨✨

Curated by Lekha Hileman in galleries 204 and 208, this presentation brings together textile works born from a collaborative dialogue between the South African artist and dancers.

🎨 Weaving Memory: The Body's Archive

📅 From May 5 to November 1, 2026

🕐 Tuesday to Sunday: 10:00-20:00. July and August: Monday to Sunday: 10:00-20:00

📍 Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Bilbao

🎟️ Check museum admission rates

📖 Movement Translated into Tapestries

The exhibition investigates movement and its traces through Adams's collaboration with the Garage Dance Ensemble in O’okiep. Dancers moved across canvases placed over painted linoleum, leaving dance imprints that register shared gestures of liberation and connection.

Originating from performances held in Athens in 2024 with South African and Greek dancers, these monotypes evolved into large-scale tapestries. Suspended in space on curved hooks, the textiles reveal both sides, accompanied by woven floating clouds.

🎨 The Material World of Igshaan Adams

Drawing on his upbringing in Bonteheuwel under apartheid segregation, Adams (Cape Town, 1982) turns rope, wire, and beads into intricate explorations of race, religion, memory, and domestic patterns, approaching weaving as a communal and bodily act of repair.

ℹ️ Good to know: Located in galleries 204 and 208. Closed on Mondays, except during July and August.

✨ An evocative exploration of memory, rhythm, and spatial empathy.

Azkuna Zentroa hosts a fascinating journey into the science-fiction universe of renowned comic artist Albert Monteys, where graphic wit combines with satire and futuristic speculation. 🎨🚀

This exhibition is part of the 17th Ja! International Festival of Literature and Humorous Art, which focuses in this edition on sci-fi as a way to reflect on reality.

🎨 El asombro cósmico

📅 October 6 to November 1, 2026

🕐 Monday to Saturday 10:00-20:00, Sundays and public holidays 10:00-14:00

📍 AZ Azkuna Zentroa, Bilbao

🎟️ Free admission

📖 A graphic journey through speculative worlds

The exhibition highlights the science-fiction dimension of Albert Monteys's acclaimed career. It brings together selected page reproductions and illustrations from iconic works such as Universes (vols. I & II), Calavera Lunar, Slaughterhouse-Five, and Carlitos Fax.

Across these pages, space exploration, time travel, parallel dimensions, and technological musings meet humor and deep curiosity about human nature. The pieces reveal the artist's remarkable visual craft and his skill in questioning the present world through imaginative storytelling.

🎨 The 17th Ja! Festival and Albert Monteys

The showcase is featured within the 17th edition of the Ja! International Festival of Literature and Humorous Art, a cultural event that explores science fiction as a creative tool to ponder the future and imagine alternative realities.

Albert Monteys has created humorous comics throughout his life, starting with projects like Mondo Lirondo and Calavera lunar before his long tenure drawing for El Jueves magazine. His recent bibliography includes El show de Albert Monteys, Solid State, and his graphic novel adaptation of Slaughterhouse-Five.

✨ A fantastic occasion to enjoy the cosmic imagination and distinctive artwork of a master comic creator.

Itsasmuseum Bilbao presents an essential exhibition looking back at the maritime and industrial heritage of Bizkaia through the legacy of Sestao's shipyard. 🎨⚓

This temporary display pays tribute to naval technological advancements as well as the thousands of workers who drove daily life along the Left Bank.

🎨 LA NAVAL. CANTERA DE TITANES

📅 From October 7 to November 7, 2026

🕐 Tuesday to Sunday, 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM

📍 Itsasmuseum Bilbao - Basque Maritime Museum, Bilbao

🎟️ Price not specified

📖 Industrial heritage and collective labor

The exhibition examines a pivotal era in regional industrial history through vessels, specialized trades, and technological breakthroughs. A large timeline provides historical context, focusing especially on the period from the 1960s to the end of the shipyard's activity.

Visitors will explore everything from oil tankers and cargo ships to cable-laying vessels, giant dredgers, and modern ferries, starting with aerial photographs of the dockyard and highlighting the detailed design work carried out in the Technical Office.

🏛️ Itsasmuseum Bilbao

Housed on the historic docks of the former Euskalduna shipyard, Itsasmuseum hosts this tribute to the labor identity and craftsmanship that shaped generations across Sestao and Barakaldo.

ℹ️ Good to know: Closed on Mondays, except for Mondays preceding public holidays, which open during normal hours.

✨ A vital tribute to the men and women who brought genuine maritime giants to life.

Sala Rekalde presents a new exhibition by artist Maider Aldasoro as part of the Barriek exhibition series. 🎨✨

This solo show brings together the creator's recent work, structured through a range of visual and performative languages.

🎨 Barriek: Maider Aldasoro Exhibition

📅 From 8 September to 22 November 2026

🕐 Tuesday to Saturday from 11:00 to 15:00 and 16:30 to 20:00; Sundays and public holidays from 11:00 to 15:00

📍 Sala Rekalde, Bilbao

🎟️ Free admission

📖 Body, play and theatricality

In her artistic practice, Maider Aldasoro combines costume design, character development, video, and sculpture as primary mediums of expression.

Through the integration of these elements, she crafts evocative atmospheres where the body, dreamscapes, the theatrical, and the playful converge. Her work explores topics such as sexuality, playfulness, and power relationships.

🎨 Maider Aldasoro and the Barriek programme

Born in Mexico in 1992, Maider Aldasoro holds a degree in Fine Arts from the University of the Basque Country, completed an Erasmus period at Norwich University of the Arts, and earned a master's degree from the Complutense University of Madrid.

She has completed artistic residencies at Paradise Air (Tokyo) through the Ertibil Bizkaia programme—where she won second prize—, as well as at Azkuna Zentroa and Bilbaoarte Foundation. Her solo exhibitions include shows at ANTI Liburudenda, Art Lacuna (London), and Azkuna Zentroa.

ℹ️ Good to know: Closed on Mondays.

✨ A great opportunity to discover the captivating visual universe of Maider Aldasoro.

The Bilbao Reproduction Museum reflects on the vital role of artistic copies as essential tools for preserving and researching cultural heritage. 🎨🏛️

Organised as part of the European Heritage Days 2026, the exhibition brings together key items from the museum's collection alongside exceptional loans.

🎨 BIZITZA PARALELOAK. THE MEMORY OF COPIES

📅 From 1 October to 29 November 2026

🕐 18:00

📍 Bilbao Reproduction Museum, Bilbao

🎟️ Free

📖 The heritage value of reproduction

The exhibition highlights the electrotype reproduction of the Hildesheim Krater, on temporary loan from the National Sculpture Museum. Made in the 19th century through innovative industrial methods, it gained exceptional historical significance after the original piece was lost following World War II.

The exhibition route also features two iconic plaster casts from Bilbao: the Winged Victory of Samothrace, which preserves historical restoration elements no longer present on the Louvre original, and the Belvedere Torso, used in archaeological research and reconstructions.

🏛️ European Heritage Days 2026

This project illustrates how artistic reproductions possess their own history and remain active instruments for studying, understanding, and reinterpreting lost or altered treasures.

ℹ️ Good to know: Four free 30-minute micro-tours are available upon telephone registration at 944150231. Tours are conducted in Basque (9 October at 18:00 and 7 November at 12:00) and Spanish (23 October at 18:00 and 14 November at 12:00).

✨ A unique chance to explore how artistic copies safeguard our shared memory.

The Dantzaldia 2026 festival brings to Bilbao the contemporary dance piece "A ojo", a duet created and performed by Carmen Fumero and National Dance Award winner Dácil González. 🎭✨

The performance is part of the Dantzaldia 2026 festival programme and is developed with the collaboration of DDCdanza – Daniel Doña, Centro Cultural Eduardo Úrculo, and Centro Coreográfico Canal.

🎭 A OJO

📅 From September 24 to December 15, 2026

🕐 19:00

📍 Sala Rekalde, Bilbao

🎟️ Free

📖 Observing with the naked eye

"A ojo" is an 18-minute dance piece reflecting on looking with the naked eye, free of optical instruments that alter observation. The creation explores how what is perceived is shaped by the subjective viewpoint of the observer, linking perception to the way things and events are experienced in space.

With continuous change as the only constant element, the choreography discovers fissures across skin and surfaces that reveal ways of understanding the world and oneself. The piece features original music and sound accompaniment by Looking For Nafara and Aurora Arteaga Álvarez, photography by Miguel Zomas, and management by Claudia Morgana – Danzas del mundo.

🎭 Compañía Carmen Fumero

Compañía Carmen Fumero is led by Tenerife choreographer Carmen Fumero and dancer Miguel Zomas. Founded in 2012 as an experimental research project after winning First Prize at the Certamen Coreográfico de Madrid, their work has toured Spain, North America, Africa, and Asia.

Their creative methodology relies on impulse and improvisation, drawing from intuition and constant transformation without rigid forms, predefined boundaries, or predetermined aesthetic goals.

✨ An intimate contemporary dance experience at Sala Rekalde.

A fascinating look at the evolution of medieval rural communities through Basque archaeology. 🎨🏛️

Originally produced by BIBAT, the Archaeological Museum of Álava, this exhibition arrives in Bilbao enriched with significant archaeological findings from Bizkaia.

🎨 VILLAGES, A THOUSAND YEARS ON THE LAND

📅 From September 23, 2026 to January 17, 2027

🕐 Working days: 10:00-14:00 and 16:00-19:30. Sundays and public holidays: 10:30-14:00

📍 Arkeologi Museoa, Bilbao

🎟️ Not indicated

📖 About the exhibition

The temporary exhibition Herriak mila urte lurrean / Aldeas, mil años en la tierra explores how medieval villages emerged, evolved, and shaped the territorial landscape of the Basque Country and Navarre between the 8th and 15th centuries.

Through archaeological remains, reconstructions, and materials from diverse sites, the display provides broad insight into how these rural communities organized themselves, tracing their continuity up to modern settlements like Gasteiz or Gorliz.

🏛️ The venue and curation

Curated by Iñaki García Camino, Juan José Larrea Conde, David Larreina García, and Ernesto Pastor Díaz de Garayo, the exhibition preserves BIBAT's scientific framework while incorporating key Bizkaia archaeological materials.

✨ An essential archaeological journey to understand the origins of today's towns.

The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao presents a major exhibition dedicated to the work of British creator Steve McQueen. 🎨

Curated by Lekha Hileman in Gallery 105, the show brings together the practice of one of contemporary art's most influential figures.

🎨 Steve McQueen : 66–76–26

📅 From October 9, 2026 to February 21, 2027

🕐 Tuesday to Sunday, 10:00 to 20:00

📍 Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Abandoibarra etorbidea, 2, Bilbao

🎟️ Price not specified

📖 A sculptural experience through moving images

The exhibition explores Steve McQueen’s ability to address personal and collective themes through moving images. His works distill complex emotions into precise, minimalist narratives designed to make visitors intensely aware of themselves and their breathing.

Physical conditions of viewing—projection scale, sound, light, and the relationship between the viewer and space—are fundamental components of his work, granting it a distinctly sculptural quality.

🎨 The artist and the venue

Born in 1969 and based between London and Amsterdam, McQueen has forged a celebrated path spanning cinema and visual arts. Gallery 105 of Bilbao's iconic museum hosts this presentation examining spatial environments and sensory encounters.

ℹ️ Good to know: Located in Gallery 105. Closed on Mondays.

✨ A singular opportunity to experience the visual and auditory power of Steve McQueen in Bilbao.