From Invisibility to the Spotlight: Women Artists from the 20th and 21st Centuries You Need to Know

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Museum Members

The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is now offering accessible online art courses where you can learn about key concepts and ideas in the history of modern and contemporary art from an up-to-date perspective.
Taught by renowned experts in a variety of fields and drawing on the Museum Collection and its dynamic, variegated art program, art courses are designed to offer an overview of each subject while kindling interest and the desire for further knowledge.
Workload: 6 hours (at your own pace) 
Target audience: People over 18 who are interested in contemporary art 
Language: Spanish 
Structure: 4 modules, 16 video lessons, additional resources 
Certification: Upon completion of the course, you will get a certificate 
Duration of the Course: Three months from date of purchase
WHAT WILL YOU LEARN IN THIS COURSE?
With a few rare exceptions, women artists remained in the shadows for many centuries, until impressionist artists drew attention to their creative work in the late 19th century.
The first online course to be offered by the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, taught by Lourdes Cirlot, Professor Emeritus of History of Art at the University of Barcelona, will deal with the role played by women artists in the 20th and 21st centuries. Among others, the course’s learning goals are:
<ul>
<li>To understand the virtually invisible role played by women in the history of art by focusing on individual female modern and contemporary artists.</li>
<li>To discuss the real contributions made by women, placing them in the history of 20th- and 21st-century art.</li>
<li>To analyze the important role played by women artists in disciplines like weaving, performance, and, more recently, video-creation.</li>
</ul>
Introduction, Structure and Course Syllabus <a href="http://cms.guggenheim-bilbao.eus/uploads/2022/01/Intro-EN.pdf">[+info]</a>
Taught by 
Lourdes Cirlot, Emeritus Professor of Art History at Universitat de Barcelona

Online Art Course. From Invisibility to the Spotlight: Women Artists from the 20th and 21st Centuries You Need to Know

The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is now offering accessible online art courses where you can learn about key concepts and ideas in the history of modern and contemporary art from an up-to-date perspective.

Online Art Course. From Invisibility to the Spotlight: Women Artists from the 20th and 21st Centuries You Need to Know | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Courses Pop Art

The online art courses of the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao offer accessible yet rigorous training in key concepts and topics in the history of modern and contemporary art, addressed from current perspectives. Drawing on the participation from experts in specific fields, these courses are inspired by the Museum Collection and its dynamic exhibition program.
Pop art was an art movement characterized by a return to representation, drawing inspiration from sources in popular and commercial culture—hence the name of the movement. Emerging in Britain in the 1950s, Pop art flourished in America in the 1960s, where a sudden boom in the economy triggered the growth of consumerism. Some of the artists in the Pop art movement reacted by incorporating images from mass culture and using techniques that emulated (or parodied) industrial production. Pop art drew on billboards, commercial ads, films, television, pulp magazines, comic strips, or even shop windows.
This course offers a broad overview of the relevance of Pop art and its various manifestations in the international art scene, its main representatives, and its influence on contemporary art practices.
Workload: 6 hours (at your own pace) 
Target audience: People over 18 who are interested in contemporary art 
Language: Spanish 
Structure: 4 modules, 16 video lessons, additional resources 
Certification: Upon completion of the course, you will get a certificate 
Availability: Three months from date of purchase
WHAT WILL YOU LEARN IN THIS COURSE?
This online course is aimed at:
<ul>
<li>Analyzing the keys to the most salient characteristics of Pop art, as well as the social, political, economic, and cultural background that led to its emergence and development internationally.</li>
<li>Exploring the work of the leading Pop artists, including several women, and their most iconic creations.</li>
<li>Showing the influence of Pop art on other forms of culture beyond the visual arts, e.g. music or fashion.</li>
<li>Understanding the legacy of Pop art and its influence on contemporary art from a 21st-century perspective.</li>
</ul>
Conducted by: 
José Lebrero Stals, culture and art manager, exhibition curator. He has been artistic director of the Picasso Museum in Malaga.
Structure and Contents <a href="http://cms.guggenheim-bilbao.eus/uploads/2024/03/Programa-Curso-online-arte-pop-para-web.pdf">[+info]</a>

Online art courses Pop Art: Past and Present

Los cursos de arte online del Museo Guggenheim Bilbao ofrecen una oportunidad única de formarse de manera accesible a la vez que rigurosa sobre temas y conceptos clave de la historia del arte moderno y contemporáneo desde una perspectiva actual. Contando con la participación de expertos en cada campo, los cursos toman como punto de partida la Colección del Museo y su dinámica y variada programación artística.

Online art courses Pop Art: Past and Present | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

EDUARDO CHILLIDA: A UNIVERSAL AND TIMELESS SCULPTOR

Basque sculptor Eduardo Chillida (1924-2002) is one of the most important artists of the second half of the twentieth century, and a key figure in contemporary sculpture.
Looking at the past and classical tradition from an inexhaustibly innovative and contemporary perspective, Chillida is a timeless artist and yet his work is highly relevant in today’s world.
This course delves into Chillida’s work and his creative process against the background of the 2020s.
It will be conducted by Kosme de Barañano,University professor and exhibition curator, and professor specializing in the work of Eduardo Chillida.
Workload: 6 hours (at your own pace) 
Target audience: People over 18 who are interested in contemporary art 
Language: Spanish 
Structure: 4 modules, 16 video lessons, additional resources 
Certification: Upon completion of the course, you will get a certificate 
Availability: Three months from date of purchase
WHAT WILL YOU LEARN IN THIS COURSE? 
<ol>
<li>Some of the keys to the work of Eduardo Chillida, his main contributions, and his relevance today.</li>
<li>The importance of the land, of water, nature, and light in Chillida’s creative process and universe.</li>
<li>The importance of drawing as a tool and a thread in Chillida’s multiple ways of making art.</li>
<li>Chillida’s best-known public sculptures with regard to sustainability, cooperation, and balance.</li>
<li>The links between the artist and the Guggenheim Museums as shown in the exhibitions focusing on his work and the inclusion of his art in the Guggenheim Collections.</li>
</ol>
CONTENTS
Module I: Chillida’s Oeuvre: Stages and Development +info
Chillida creates “in”, “for” and “at the service of” the natural environment and the viewers who enjoy his work. In this module, you will also understand the importance of sound and music in Chillida’s work.
Video 1: Chillida, works and stages 
Video 2: Critical reception of Chillida’s work, from Gaston Bachelard to Edmond Jabès 
Video 3: The concept of space 
Video 4: The concept of scale
Module II: Drawing as a Common Thread +info
Chillida used to draw with both hands at the same time, and with his mind as well. In so doing, he developed a formal style of his own. In this module, you will see examples of the different techniques he used and the arts he explored.
Video 1: Drawings 
Video 2: Engravings 
Video 3: Reliefs 
Video 4: Gravitations
Module III: Chillida and Public Art +info
Never discouraged in his quest for sublimation in art, Eduardo Chillida chose special or unexpected places to install his sculptures. In some of his most ambitious public art projects, he worked with other artists to materialize his challenging sculptures.
Video 1: Abesti gogora V, 1966 
Video 2: Comb of the Wind, 1976 
Video 3: Eulogy to the Horizon, 1990 
Video 4: Project Tindaya, 1992-1996
Module IV: Chillida, International Museums, and the Guggenheim Museums +info
The first Chillida-Guggenheim connection dates back to the late 1950s, with his first appearances in the Museums’ exhibitions and the addition of some of his works to the Guggenheim collections.
Video 1: From Sculptures and Drawings from Seven Sculptors, an exhibition at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1958 to Chillida: 1948–1998, a retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, 1999 
Video 2: Chillida’s works in the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Collection in Nueva York, 1950s-1960s 
Video 3: Chillida’s works in the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, 1960s-1970s 
Video 4: Chillida’s works in the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, 1990s and a new collection
Photo: Foto: © Zabalaga Leku, San Sebastián, VEGAP, 2019. Sucesión de Eduardo Chillida y Hauser &amp; Wirth. Foto Jesús Uriarte.

Online Art Course: Eduardo Chillida: A Universal and Timeless Sculptor

Basque sculptor Eduardo Chillida (1924-2002) is one of the most important artists of the second half of the twentieth century, and a key figure in

Online Art Course: Eduardo Chillida: A Universal and Timeless Sculptor | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Online Art Courses: Female Masters in Modern and Contemporary Art

Learn why some female artists should be called “Masters”—a term traditionally used to refer to men of skill.
This course has been designed as a continuation to From Invisibility to the Spotlight: 20th- and 21st-Century Female Artists You Need to Know, offered by the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao a few years ago.
Conducted by: Susana Blas Brunel, art historian specializing in contemporary art and feminism
Target audience: people 18+ interested in contemporary art 
Type of course: online 
Structure: 4 modules, 16 video lessons, additional resources 
Workload: 6 hours (at your own pace) 
Language: Spanish 
Certification: Upon completion of the course, participants will get a certificate
What will you learn in this course?
<ul>
<li>The role played by women in the history of art, especially women whose work was a turning point in the history of modern and contemporary art.</li>
<li>The contributions made by women to 20th- and 21st-century art, and their place in contemporary art.</li>
<li>Women as pioneers in the development of certain artistic expressions, challenging social norms and defying convention.</li>
<li>The links between female artists and particular narrative or concepts rather than technical details.</li>
</ul>
CONTENTS
Module I: Spiritualism 
Female artists and spiritism, anthroposophy, dowsing, Taoism, and other spiritual or religious movements, or the place where they lived or the natural world.
Video 1: Georgiana Houghton 
Video 2: Hilma af Klint 
Video 3: Georgia O’Keeffe 
Video 4: Agnes Martin
Module II: Propaganda 
Female artists and politics or ideology: denunciation and defense of ideals.
Video 1: Lyubov Popova 
Video 2: Leni Riefenstahl 
Video 3: Barbara Kruger 
Video 4: Julie Mehretu
Module III: Feedback 
Female artists and creative processes that feed on the circulation of energy and information intellectually, mentally, performatively, or in connection with the land.
Video 1: Tarsila do Amaral 
Video 2: Ana Mendieta 
Video 3: Esther Ferrer 
Video 4: Yayoi Kusama
Module IV: Equality 
Female artists and social convention: fighting society for equality through clash or delicacy.
Video 1: Maruja Mallo 
Video 2: Guerrilla Girls 
Video 3: Kara Walker 
Video 4: Mona Hatoum
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Image credits: Yayoi Kusama, Infinity Mirrored Room — A Wish for Human Happiness Calling from Beyond the Universe, 2020.

Learn why some female artists should be called “Masters”—a term traditionally used to refer to men of skill.

Online Art Courses: Female Masters in Modern and Contemporary Art | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Online Art Course

Structures of Contemporary Art: The Everlasting Question of How Works of Art Are Created and What They Mean
The online art courses of the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao offer accessible yet rigorous training in key concepts and topics in the history of modern art, addressed from contemporary perspectives.
Drawing on contributions from experts and based on the Museum’s Collection and its dynamic program, offering a wide range of different activities, the courses are designed to give participants an overview of the subjects under study while awakening their curiosity and kindling their desire to study and learn.
Workload: 6 hours (at your own pace) 
Target audience: People over 18 who are interested in contemporary art 
Language: Spanish 
Structure: 4 modules, 16 video lessons, additional resources 
Certification: Upon completion of the course, you will get a certificate 
Availability: Three months from date of purchase
WHAT WILL YOU LEARN IN THIS COURSE?
This online course is aimed at:
<ul>
<li>Exploring the reasons why artists create art, emphasizing the importance of the creative processes (both physical and mental) that lead to the creation of works of art.</li>
<li>Analyzing how the stories and messages conveyed by artists through a variety of visual languages cause moods, feelings, and responses in the viewer, thus adding a beneficial layer to art.</li>
<li>Focusing on the power of art, as well as on the artist’s commitment to the writing and rewriting of history on the basis of personal perspective and historical context.</li>
<li>Highlighting the future potential of art, based on the understanding of the present.</li>
</ul>
Conducted by: 
Miguel López-Remiro Forcada, independent art consultant and curator. Artistic Director of the Picasso Museum in Malaga
COURSE STRUCTURE, INTRODUCTION, AND CONTENTS <a href="http://cms.guggenheim-bilbao.eus/uploads/2024/12/PROGRAMA-curso-Estructuras-del-arte-REVISADO.pdf">[+info]</a>

Online Art Course. Structures of Contemporary Art

Structures of Contemporary Art: The Everlasting Question of How Works of Art Are Created and What They Mean

Online Art Course. Structures of Contemporary Art | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Online Art Courses: The Emergence of Photography and its Presence in Contemporary Art

Would you like to get an overview of the history of photography and how it entered the art scene, becoming a discipline in its own right? In this course, you can follow the development of photography, learning about photographers and techniques, from 19th-century Daguerreotype to the present.
Conducted by: Jon Uriarte, photographer and exhibition curator, currently working on the digital transformation of images on the Internet
Target audience: people 18+ interested in contemporary art 
Type of course: online 
Structure: 4 modules, 16 video lessons, additional resources 
Workload: 6 hours (at your own pace) 
Language: Spanish 
Certification: Upon completion of the course, participants will get a certificate
What will you learn in this course?
<ol>
<li>Overview of the history of photography, from the earliest forms to the present.</li>
<li>Most popular photography techniques, from Daguerreotype to digital photography.</li>
<li>The importance of photography and how it slowly became part of the art world. Considered as a mere tool for creation at first, it came to be a form of art in its own right.</li>
<li>Selected works from art photography and related industries like fashion, where photography plays a fundamental role.</li>
</ol>
CONTENTS
The course will be divided into four thematic modules, with examples by photographers and other artists.
Module I: The Origins of Photography; Timeline 
The development of photography from the 16th-century camera obscura to 19th-century Daguerreotype and calotype to “You Press the Button, We Do the Rest”.
Video 1: The camera obscura and studies in optics 
Video 2: The invention of Daguerreotype and the birth of photography 
Video 3: The close relationship of photography with books and cinema. 
Video 4: Camera mass production and new ways of relating to images
Module II: The Emergence of Photography in Art 
For a long time, photography was neglected as a mere tool for the representation of reality, used by artists for technical support. Over time, little by little, it became part of the art world and, since the 1980s, it has been considered a form of art in its own right. The videos in this module illustrate these developments.
Video 1: Imogen Cunningham, Diane Arbus. 
Video 2: Alfred Stieglitz, Seydou Keïta 
Video 3: Andy Warhol, Nan Goldin 
Video 4: Bernd &amp; Hilla Becher, Thomas Struth
Module III: Photography and Fashion 
The relationship between photography and fashion dates back to the 19th century, when the first photos of garments for advertising purposes were taken. It became stronger with the emergence of the first fashion magazines in the 1920s. Throughout the 20th century, renowned photographers added their creative touch to fashion photography, leading to its development. The videos in this module illustrate this.
Video 1: Richard Avedon 
Video 2: Helmut Newton 
Video 3: Louise Dahl-Wolfe 
Video 4: Corinne Day
Module IV: Art Photography in the Digital Age 
The widespread use of smartphones led to the democratization of digital photography. This changed the nature of art photography, its relevance to artistic creation, and the role played by photographers. To this we should add the current discussion of the digital transformation of images on the internet. The videos in this module illustrate these developments.
Video 1: Andreas Gursky 
Video 2: Paul Pfeiffer 
Video 3: Penelope Umbrico 
Video 4: ImageNet
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Thomas Struth (Geldern, Germany, 1954) 
Audience 1, Florence, 2004 
Chromogenic print 
Ed. 7/10 
179.5 x 286.5 cm 
Guggenheim Bilbao Museoa 
© Thomas Struth, Bilbao 2024
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NEW! Online Art Courses: The Emergence of Photography and its Presence in Contemporary Art

Would you like to get an overview of the history of photography and how it entered the art scene, becoming a discipline in its own right? In this course, you can follow the development of photography, learning about photographers and techniques, from 19th-century Daguerreotype to the present.

NEW! Online Art Courses: The Emergence of Photography and its Presence in Contemporary Art | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Online Course in Art: What Materials Tell Us about Modern and Contemporary Art

The Museum’s online art courses offer a unique chance to gain accessible, rigorous training on key themes and concepts in the history of modern and contemporary art from today’s perspective.
Drawing on contributions from experts in specific fields, these courses are based on the Museum’s Collection and dynamic art program.
The study of the materials used in art–their composition, their chemical properties, and their transformation–is a concern with many artists. This course focuses on the stories behind the use of certain materials and the scientific phenomena associated with them, analyzing why they are used to make art, how they are obtained, what their practical applications are, and how they influence aesthetic perception.
Workload: 6 hours (at your own pace) 
Target audience: People over 18 who are interested in contemporary art 
Language: Spanish 
Structure: 4 modules, 16 video lessons, additional resources 
Certification: Upon completion of the course, you will get a certificate 
Availability: Three months from date of purchase
WHAT WILL YOU LEARN IN THIS COURSE?
The learning objectives of this course are:
<ol>
<li>Offering the keys to the use of materials in modern and contemporary art–their importance, the reasons why they are used, and their technical and aesthetic implications.</li>
<li>Providing basic scientific concepts to understand how the history of art runs parallel to the history of science, and how the developments in the science of materials, in chemistry, physics and engineering have changed the course of modern and contemporary art, and the other way around.</li>
<li>Introducing the materials artists resort to as part of the code of symbols they use to communicate.</li>
<li>Discussing the importance of color and its effects on the perceptions of art.</li>
<li>Shedding light on women artists and their real contributions, thus giving them the place they deserve in the history of 20th- and 21st-century art.</li>
</ol>
Taught by 
Deborah García Bello, chemist, science communicator, and researcher of the materials applied to modern and contemporary art.
Structure and contents <a href="http://cms.guggenheim-bilbao.eus/uploads/2023/10/WEB-PROGRAMA-CURSO-DE-ARTE-ONLINE-MATERIALES-.pdf">[+info]</a>

The Museum’s online art courses offer a unique chance to gain accessible, rigorous training on key themes and concepts in the history of modern and contemporary art from today’s perspective.

Online Course in Art: What Materials Tell Us about Modern and Contemporary Art | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Online art courses Drawing in Contemporary Art

The online art courses of the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao offer accessible yet rigorous training in key concepts and topics in the history of modern and contemporary art, addressed from current perspectives. Drawing on the contributions from experts in specific fields, these courses are inspired by the Museum’s Collection and its dynamic exhibition program.
Drawing was the first form of artistic representation used by man to communicate or convey ideas. Its development has followed the evolution of history and art since its emergence as such in the sixteenth century.
Moreover, a drawing, either on paper or in the mind, is often the starting point of the creative process for many artists – a sort of “skeleton” of their work. And many drawings have come to be considered as works of art in their own right, given their complexity, their uniqueness, or the skill with which they were drafted. Many artists in the old days were celebrated for their dexterity in the mastery of this technique, which continues to be a fundamental discipline in contemporary art.
Workload: 6 hours (at your own pace) 
Target audience: People over 18 who are interested in contemporary art 
Language: Spanish 
Structure: 4 modules, 16 video lessons, additional resources 
Certification: Upon completion of the course, you will get a certificate 
Availability: Three months from date of purchase
WHAT WILL YOU LEARN IN THIS COURSE?
This online course is aimed at:
<ul>
<li>Offering an overview of the history of drawing, illustrating it with pieces from the old masters, particularly Francisco de Goya, as a predecessor of contemporary drawing.</li>
<li>Reviewing non-Western drawing practices with an influence on contemporary drawing.</li>
<li>Highlighting the importance of drawing, both as a technique and as an independent discipline.</li>
<li>Illustrating all of the above with a selection of works from the Museum Collection that show the key role played by drawing in artists’ creative processes and accomplished works of art.</li>
</ul>
Conducted by: 
José Manuel Matilla, art historian, Chief Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Prado Museum.
Structure and contents <a href="http://cms.guggenheim-bilbao.eus/uploads/2024/04/Curso-dibujo-PROGRAMA-WEB-.pdf">[+info] </a>
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Yoshitomo Nara 
Joey, 2008 
Lápiz sobre papel 
51,5 × 36,5 cm 
Colección del artista 
© Yoshitomo Nara 2008 
Cortesía Yoshitomo Nara Foundation

The online art courses of the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao offer accessible yet rigorous training in key concepts and topics in the history of modern and

Online art courses Drawing in Contemporary Art | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Online Art Course: Film & Video, moving image as an Artistic Medium

Educators

The online art courses at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao are accessible yet thorough, offering a unique opportunity to learn about key topics and concepts in the history of modern and contemporary art from a current perspective.
With the participation of experts in each field, the courses take as their starting point the Museum’s collection and its dynamic and varied artistic programming.
For a decade now, the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao's Film &amp; Video exhibition programme has examined the different currents and modalities of contemporary artistic practices using film and video media.
Workload: 6 hours (at your own pace) 
Target audience: People over 18 who are interested in contemporary art 
Language: Spanish 
Structure: 4 modules, 16 video lessons, additional resources 
Certification: Upon completion of the course, you will get a certificate 
Availability: Three months from date of purchase
WHAT WILL YOU LEARN IN THIS COURSE?
The learning outcomes of this online course are, among others:
<ol>
<li>To provide key references that allow you to easily learn the main features of the evolution of moving image in contemporary art and its main ramifications and numerous possibilities.</li>
<li>To present a selection of works and projects based on the Film &amp; Video exhibition history.</li>
<li>To offer a sequence of different case studies, divided into four thematic modules.</li>
</ol>
Taught by 
Yara Sonseca, Art Historian and Independent Curator.
Structure and Programme <a href="http://cms.guggenheim-bilbao.eus/uploads/2024/03/Programa-web-FilmVideo.pdf">[+info]</a>
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Photo: 
Christian Marclay 
Video still from The Clock, 2010 
Single channel video with stereo sound 
24 hours, looped 
Courtesy the artist and Paula Cooper Gallery, New York

The online art courses at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao are accessible yet thorough, offering a unique opportunity to learn about key topics and concepts in the history of modern and contemporary art from a current perspective.

Online Art Course: Film &amp; Video, moving image as an Artistic Medium | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Online Art Course: Film & Video, moving image as an Artistic Medium | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Online Art Course. The Body and Identity in Contemporary Art

The online art courses of the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao offer accessible yet rigorous training in key concepts and topics in the history of modern art, addressed from contemporary perspectives.
Drawing on contributions from experts and based on the Museum’s Collection and its dynamic program, the courses are designed to give participants an overview of the subjects under study while awakening their curiosity and kindling their desire to study and learn.
Our new online course, The Body and Identity in Contemporary Art, is aimed at:
Workload: 6 hours (at your own pace) 
Target audience: People over 18 who are interested in contemporary art 
Language: Spanish 
Structure: 4 modules, 16 video lessons, additional resources 
Certification: Upon completion of the course, you will get a certificate 
Availability: Three months from date of purchase
WHAT WILL YOU LEARN IN THIS COURSE?
<ul>
<li>Highlighting the importance of the human body as a motif for representation, a tool for creation, and a work of art in itself in twentieth- and twenty-first-century artistic practices.</li>
<li>Discussing how the notions of identity, gender, and diversity challenge established norms and contribute to the emergence of new models and creative manifestations.</li>
<li>Giving visibility to artists from minority groups and their contributions, granting them the place they deserve in the history of twentieth- and twenty-first-century art.</li>
<li>Offering an overview of new forms of creation and new constructions of identity in today’s global artistic milieu.</li>
</ul>
Course structure, Introduction, and Contents <a href="http://cms.guggenheim-bilbao.eus/uploads/2023/03/PROGRAMA-curso-arte-online-Cuerpo-e-Identidad-23-03-15.pdf">[+ info]</a> 

Conducted by 
Aimar Arriola, art curator, editor, and researcher
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Elssie Ansareo. El baile de las flâneuses 2007. Guggenheim Bilbao Museoa

The online art courses of the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao offer accessible yet rigorous training in key concepts and topics in the history of modern art, addressed from contemporary perspectives.

Online Art Course. The Body and Identity in Contemporary Art | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Online Art Course. What Do We Mean by Contemporary Sculpture?

The online art courses of the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao offer accessible yet rigorous training in key concepts and topics in the history of modern and contemporary art, addressed from current perspectives.
Drawing on contributions from experts in specific fields, these courses are based on the Museum Collection and its dynamic art program.
According to The Merriam-Webster Dictionary, the word sculpture means: 
a: the action or art of processing (as by carving, modeling, or welding) plastic or hard materials into works of art 
b     (1): work produced by sculpture 
(2): a three-dimensional work of art (such as a statue)
Upon reading these definitions, works like the Venus de Milo, Michelangelo’s David, or even that equestrian statue in a town square come to mind. However, as an artistic discipline, sculpture has changed significantly over the past 150 years, so that its scope today goes well beyond the traditional works we are familiar with that we identify as sculptures.
This course offers an answer—one among many—to the question “What do we mean by ‘contemporary sculpture’?”
Workload: 6 hours (at your own pace) 
Target audience: People over 18 who are interested in contemporary art 
Language: Spanish 
Structure: 4 modules, 16 video lessons, additional resources 
Certification: Upon completion of the course, you will get a certificate 
Availability: Three months from date of purchase
WHAT WILL YOU LEARN IN THIS COURSE?
This online course is aimed at:
<ul>
<li>Providing the key concepts to understand the development of sculpture from the late 19th century to the present.</li>
<li>Analyzing a series of formal and technical issues that are essential to understand this development, such as taking sculptures off their plinths or using new materials.</li>
<li>Exploring new forms of creation in today’s sculpture, in terms of both object and space, and analyzing the ways in which they interact with the viewer.</li>
<li>Shedding light on women artists and their real contributions, thus giving them the place they deserve in the history of 20th- and 21st-century art.</li>
</ul>
Conducted by: 
Brigitte Leal, Emeritus Deputy Director, Musée national d’art moderne – Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
Structure and Contents <a href="http://cms.guggenheim-bilbao.eus/uploads/2023/09/WEB-CURSO-ARTE-ONLINE-ESCULTURA-PROGRAMA-FINAL.pdf">[+info]</a>
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Hatoum credits: 
Mona Hatoum, Home, 1999 
Wood, galvanized steel, stainless steel, electric wire, crocodile clips, light bulbs, computerized dimmer switch, amplifier, and speakers 
76.2 x 198.1 x 73.7 cm (table) 
Overall dimensions variable 
Guggenheim Bilbao Museoa
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The online art courses of the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao offer accessible yet rigorous training in key concepts and topics in the history of modern and contemporary art, addressed from current perspectives.

Online Art Course. What Do We Mean by Contemporary Sculpture? | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Online talks and workshops: Teaching Art and Drawing

Schools

A series of talks and workshops covering aspects and topics associated with the teaching of art and its practical applications in the classroom. Targeted at high school and Spanish Baccalaureate teachers (for members of our Educators’ Community only).
In this talk, we will focus on drawing in theory and in practice, against the background of our current exhibition Masterpieces on Paper from Budapest. The contents discussed can be used by teachers in their classes afterwards.
Conducted by: 
Raúl Domínguez Pazo, <a href="http://cms.guggenheim-bilbao.eus/uploads/2024/09/Raul-Dominguez-CV.pdf">[+info]</a>
Time: 5:00 pm 
Duration: 90 min. 
Language: Spanish
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Jan Brueghel I (1568–1625) 
Paisaje con Tobías y el Ángel, ca. 1595 
Pluma y pincel en tinta parda oscura y parda clara, azul grisácea y azul sobre papel, 202 × 313 mm 
© 2025 Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest

A series of talks and workshops covering aspects and topics associated with the teaching of art and its practical applications in the classroom. Targeted at high school and Spanish Baccalaureate teachers (for members of our Educators’ Community only).

Online talks and workshops: Teaching Art and Drawing | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Family Holiday Season

Special Day for Museum Members

Wellbeing

Art & Music

25th Anniversary

Members

Tours

On stage

Families

Talks

Public programs

TopARTE

Activities

Guggenheim Museum Bilbao’s activities calendar. Concerts, lectures, courses, family activities, films, shared reflections...

Calendar of activities | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

15€ Adults - 7.5€ Senior - 7.5€ Students

TopARTE, an initiative of the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, remains firmly committed to local cultural actors and organizations. The result of this fruitful collaboration is a multidisciplinary program offering a wide range of content and formats, reaching all kinds of audiences.
As part of this initiative, the Museum hosts activities from a variety of fields, including architecture, film, dance, design, gastronomy, music, performance art, and theater.

The Museum

Environmental sustainability

Organization and Governance

Strategic Plan

Contracts

Code of Ethics and Compliance Program

Sustainability and Social Responsibility

Transparency

Service charter

About the Museum

Current Corporate Members

Benefits

Corporate events

Museum's image

Project sponsorship

Corporate Support

GBInsights

Virtual Tour

Experiences

Perspectives

Documentary Films

Job openings

Basque Artist Program

Hilla Rebay Fellowships

BASQUE INTERNSHIPS 2025

Employment and internships

CONTACT

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