Exhibition in Bilbao analyzes the interaction between spaces and volumes

The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao presents Art and Space , an ambitious exhibition based on the creative partnership established between Basque artist Eduardo Chillida and German philosopher Martin Heidegger in 1969 that resulted in the publication of an eponymous livre d’artiste . Updating and expanding on key concepts in the dialogue between Heidegger and Chillida—place, the presence of things, the relationship between art and science, etc.—this show features over one hundred works by international artists and offers a new reading of the history of abstraction over the last six decades. As part of the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao’s special year-long program to mark its 20th anniversary, Art and Space also pays tribute to the boundless capacity of Frank Gehry’s museum to establish singular dialogues between its breathtaking spaces and fundamental works of the modern and contemporary eras. Using key works from the Guggen