Bulletin july september by Museo Guggenheim Bilbao

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Georg Baselitz The Heroes

Georg Baselitz, The Modern Painter (Der moderne Maler), 1965 Oil on canvas, 162 x 130 cm Private collection © Georg Baselitz 2017 Photo: Frank Oleski, Colonia

july 14–october 22, 2017 gallery 105 • curated by petra joos George Baselitz (b. 1938) is without question one of the most influential painters and sculptors of our time. In 1965 and 1966, in a virtually explosive spurt of productivity, he developed his dramatic and paradoxical Hero paintings. Today, the forceful workgroup of The Heroes (Helden)and New Types is universally regarded as a key example of German art from the 1960s. This monographic exhibition, organized by the Städel Museum Frankfurt in collaboration with the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, will be the first comprehensive survey of this series, whose aggressively, defiantly painted monumental figures have lost nothing of their ambiguous, portentous, vulnerable quality. However, Baselitz was concerned here with far more than general social issues—he was also reflecting on his own position in relation to society. Establishing an ideal continuity between

past and present, the exhibition includes a selection of paintings from the Remix cycle that Georg Baselitz began working on in 2005, which heralded the Heroes and New Types dating from 2007 and 2008. Exhibition organized by the Städel Museum Frankfurt in collaboration with the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

PRIZE DRAW FOR 25 DOUBLE INVITATIONS TO THE EXHIBITION OPENING Log in at www.guggenheim-bilbao.es/en (Join & Support/ Museum Members/Private Area) to find out if you are one of the 25 Members who will receive a double invitation to attend the opening of the exhibition. The lucky winners will receive their invitations by mail. With the collaboration of

Ken Jacobs: The Guests july 27–november 12 film & video gallery 103 curated by manuel cirauqui A pioneer of the American Neo-Avant-garde film scene in the 1960s and 1970s, Ken Jacobs is a fundamental figure in postwar experimental cinema. After becoming an integral part of legendary collectives like the Film-Makers’ Cooperative and The Bleecker Street Cinema, in 1966 he and his wife Flo Jacobs founded Millennium Film Workshop and the cinema department at Binghampton University. Driven by an abiding interest in the act of viewing and the spectator’s relationship with the image, in 1971 Jacobs produced Tom, Tom the Piper’s Son, a two-hour film based on a ten-minute short from 1905. In the mid-1990s, the artist began to develop the

Ken Jacobs, The Guests, 2013 (film still). 3D film, color, 74 min. Courtesy of the artist

concept of “eternalism,” based on creating illusions of threedimensionality by manipulating the light and speed of ordinary images. The Guests (2013) is among his most recent creations and has been hailed by critics as one of his masterpieces. The basis of this work is one of the first films made by the Lumière brothers, showing wedding guests filing into a church in late 19th-century Paris. After physically dissecting the original film, Jacobs cut and reconstructed the reel in stereoscopic format. When viewed with 3D glasses, the odd and even-numbered frames, projected separately, form a three-dimensional image in the spectator’s mind. The slow, drawn-out pace of the action and the rediscovered depth of a historic and now inaccessible place elevate the Lumières’ original footage to a plane beyond the cinematographic document, turning it into a direct, hypnotic experience of the mystery of the image.

activity reservations available from june 30 at: www.guggenheim-bilbao.eus. further information: call +34 944 359 090, Monday–Friday, 9 am–2 pm you may be required to show your membership card for members-only activities

GUIDED TOURS FOR MEMBERS ONLY PRIVATE TOUR FOR INTERNATIONAL MEMBERS Guided tours led by the curators of each exhibition: a unique opportunity to be the first to discover the highlights of each show and learn how the works were selected. For more details, please call the Museum Members Department.

LAGUNARTEAN* Use your lunch break or free time in the evening to enjoy a guided tour of the new exhibitions, followed by lunch or dinner at the Bistró Guggenheim Bilbao. You’ll be among friends. Bill Viola and Georg Baselitz thursday september 21, 2–4 pm price :

FREE GUIDED TOURS* [reservations required] Get the inside scoop on our temporary exhibitions during the free guided tours for Members only. Extended tour schedule for París, fin de siècle: wednesday july 26 6 pm and 6:30 pm thursday july 27

6 pm and 6:30 pm meeting point : Group admissions desk, five minutes before tour begins

€20 Members, €30 nonmember guests. Includes guided tour and lunch

thursday september 21, 7–10 pm price :

€30 Members, €40 nonmember guests. Includes guided tour and dinner

* Dates subject to change according to demand and service availability. View dining options at www.guggenheim-bilbao.eus

EVENT FOR MEMBERS

CONCERT BY AND FOR MEMBERS “THERE IS AN ENEMY” saturday september

To celebrate the Museum’s 20th Anniversary, we are preparing a creative event conceived by artist Juan Pérez Agirregoikoa exclusively for Museum Members.

SHARED REFLECTIONS* Discover the latest exhibitions, the behind-the-scenes installation process, and other curious details about each show on these special tours led by Museum professionals.

CURATORIAL VISION Bill Viola

20 Lucía Agirre, exhibition curator wednesday september

KEY CONCEPTS Bill Viola

27 Luz Maguregui, Education Coordinator wednesday september

meeting point : time :

Information desk 6:30–7:30 pm

tickets available only on the website : €3, €2 Members (price of admission not included). Minimum 8 people per group/ max. 20

*Sponsored by Fundación Vizcaína Aguirre

EXPRESS TOURS Short guided tours that offer a dynamic, focused survey of artworks on view. Ask about themes, languages, and meeting points at the Information desk. tickets :

only 20 spots available on a first-come, firstserved basis (no reservations or groups). Free activity with your ticket to the Museum duration : 30 min meeting point : Atrium

Are you interested? Did you participate in the special event with Maider López for the Museum’s 15th Anniversary? Don’t miss out on the fun, and save the date today! More details to come in the September newsletter. The foundations of Juan Pérez Agirregoikoa’s work are painting and the exploration of drawing, though he has also ventured into territories like sculpture, installation, film, and video. A resident of Paris since the early 1990s, Pérez Agirregoikoa offers us multiple readings of his artwork in an exquisitely critical, ironic style with incisive and elegant humor, allowing spectators to create their own narrative. In 2005 he created La forêt des maîtres-sots, a singular, magical mural in one of the walls in the Bar Guggenheim Bilbao. Pérez Agirregoikoa has exhibited at numerous venues, including the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, where he participated in our 10th Anniversary show Chacun à son goût (2007), the Museo Reina Sofía (2012/13), and the São Paulo Biennial (2014).

SUMMER WORKSHOPS FOR CHILDREN monday – friday in june

& july, 10 am–1 pm

Participants will spend five days discovering the fascinating universe of video artist Bill Viola while they learn concepts related to audiovisual narrative, the power of framing, or how to play with light. Plus, because it’s summertime, we’ll go outside the Museum and turn the streets into a film set to tell our own stories through moving images. 26–30 [ spanish] 3–7 [basque] july 10–14 [ spanish ] july 17–21 [ basque ] june july

age groups :

3–5 year-olds and 6–11 year-olds

free childcare service: if you prefer to drop

off the children at 9:30 am and/or pick them up at 1:30 pm, please indicate this when making your reservation meeting point: Drop off and pick up participating children at the group Admissions desk registration: €80/week general public; €60/week Members On sale now!

SUMMER FOR TEENS * july

10–14

CREATIVITY IN GASTRONOMY In this series of talks, renowned international chefs will join Josean Alija of Nerua Guggenheim Bilbao to celebrate the Museum’s 20th Anniversary by sharing their knowledge, experience, and culinary creativity. Next session: wednesday september 20

Virgilio Martínez (Central)

Are you between the ages of 12 and 16? Do you like photography, audiovisuals, and architecture? Do you want to meet new people while improving your English?

venue: Museum Auditorium

From July 10 to 14, between 10 am and 1 pm, the Museum will offer activities in English for teens (ages 12 to 16) in direct contact with the artworks on view.

Admissions desk or on the website

price :

75 € Amigos del Museo y 85 € público general. Máximum of 20 people per group; minimum of 10 venue : Zero Espazioa, Museum galleries and grounds *Content may be subject to change.

time:

6:30

tickets: free, must be requested at the

BOS CONCERT & PRESENTATION thursday september

This concert, organized in collaboration with the BOS, will be the first to use the SIMMO (Simulation of the Music Movement) app, where musicians will be directed by a simulator on their cell phones instead of a human conductor. The app’s creator, Josan Aramayo, will give a presentation prior to the concert. venue: Museum Auditorium time: 6:30 pm

tickets: €4, €2 Members

AUDIOVISUALS

ON STAGE

SCREENING OF BILL VIOLA’S FEATURE-LENGTH VIDEO

DANCE: WORKS & PROCESS AT THE GUGGENHEIM

thursday july

wednesday july

Screening of Bill Viola’s first feature-length video, I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like (1986), an investigation into our animal consciousness and human transcendence. Presented by Lucía Agirre, curator at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao and exhibition curator. venue and time :

Museum Auditorium, 7 pm free at the Admissions desk and on the website runtime : 89 min. tickets :

SCREENING OF THE DOCUMENTARY THE PASSING TIMES friday september

Directed by artist Isabel María in 2014, this documentary features the participation of Bill Viola, who describes the creative crisis that preceded the making of his work The Passing (1991). In it, Viola talks about the death of his mother, which marked a turning point in his life and his work. The director will give an introduction prior to the screening, which will be followed by a Q&A session. venue and time :

Museum Auditorium, 6:30 pm tickets : €4, €2 Members runtime: 75 min. Soundtrack in English and Spanish with Spanish subtitles

26 and thursday july 27

Now in its thirtieth season, Works & Process at the Guggenheim is proud to present an innovative program at the Guggenheim Bilbao featuring the dancers of the New Yorkbased Caleb Teicher & Company, who reinvent traditional American dance forms like tap dancing in a modern context. The combination of theater, dance, and social issues reflects the amazing energy of the young choreographer, performer, and instructor Caleb Teicher. venue and time :

Museum Auditorium, 7 pm €10, €6 Members; available at the Admissions desk and on the website

tickets :

KEN JACOBS: PERFORMANCE AND TALK friday july

Artist Ken Jacobs, whose work The Guests is on view in the Film & Video Gallery from July 27, will present his performance The Magic Nervous Lantern in the Auditorium, a piece where experimentation with the moving image takes center stage. Afterwards the artist will give a talk. venue and time :

Museum Auditorium, 7 pm tickets : €10, €6 Members In English, with simultaneous translation into Spanish

BBK JAZZ GUGGENHEIM GAUAK august

22–25, 11 pm–2 am

The Museum joins in the celebrations of Bilbao’s festival week (Aste Nagusia) by opening in the evening to let people enjoy the exhibitions and live jazz sessions every night. venue :

Atrium € 16, € 8.5 € Members; available at the Admissions desk and on the website (includes Museum admission and jazz session)

tickets :

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ART AFTER DARK [+18] september

22 and october 20, 10 pm–1 am

One Friday a month, the Museum opens at night to let the public enjoy its exhibitions and live sessions by international DJs outside normal visiting hours. venue :

Atrium €13, €9 Members; available at the Admissions desk and on the website. For ages 18 and over (ID required); limited capacity further information: on the Museum website. Tickets go on sale on September 4 tickets :

OPEN HOUSE BILBAO saturday september

The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao joins Open House Bilbao, an initiative organized by the OUT association and Bilbao City Council, by offering two very special tours of places most people never see when they visit the Museum: the interior of Jeff Koons’s sculpture Puppy and certain parts of the building designed by Frank Gehry that are normally closed to the public. Are you in? (45 min .): 10:30 am [Basque] and 11:30 am [Spanish] tour of puppy (30 min .): 12:45 pm [Basque] y 1:30 pm [Spanish] further information: www.openhousebilbao.org after September 4. Limited availability tour of the building interior

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NEW BENEFITS The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is pleased to announce the launch of COMMUNITY, a new space for bringing people together who share an interest in the Museum, a community of art and culture lovers where Members have even more advantages:

GASTRONOMY The Museum is home to three fine dining establishments you will soon receive your new membership card giving you streamlined access to the Museum.

Forget waiting in line: with your new membership card, you don’t even need a ticket. Just swipe your card across the electronic scanner at the entrance to the Atrium and walk right in. If you prefer, or if you forget your card, you can also show your virtual membership card on your phone. Log in to the private Members area of the website, download it, and save it on your phone so you can use it every time you visit, even without an internet connection. community desk

From now on, when you come to the Museum head to the Community desk, where you’ll receive personalized assistance with registrations, modifications, requests for information, etc. You’ll find us in the Vestibule beside the Information desk. See you there!

Nerua Guggenheim Bilbao offers a unique culinary and cultural experience where Chef Josean Alija takes his cue from nature. On July 14 the chef will reveal his new summer menu. Ranked 56th on the World’s Best Restaurants list, Nerua has been awarded a Michelin star and three “soles” or suns in the Repsol Guide. Bistró Guggenheim Bilbao dishes up informal cuisine rooted in the local culture and adapted to an avant-garde setting without sacrificing authentic flavors or textures. This unique space designed by Frank Gehry is the perfect place for celebrations, business meetings, dinner with friends, or even a chic urban wedding reception. From July 1 to September 17, open every day for lunch and dinner. Bar Guggenheim Bilbao serves surprising creations without skimping on quality in the form of pintxos, delicious morsels that reflect the history of the Basque people and the freedom to celebrate life in a flavorful social ritual. From July 1 to September 17, open every day.

10% off at Bar Guggenheim Bilbao and Museum terraces and 5% off at Bistró and Nerua for Museum Members

MUSEUM STORE/ BOOKSTORE Looking for a special gift? Come to the Museum Store! REMEMBER As a Museum Member, you receive discounts of up to 15% on your purchases (5% on books)