Bilbao

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So here come the few photos I got of the inside before the Nazi guards busted me. This is Fischli/Weiss, Flowers, 1997-8, a selection from a portfolio of 111 inkjet prints.

detail.

interior shot

interior shot

interior looking down from 3d floor on Calder mobile.

Poster that made me think maybe the Guggenheim guards are better termed Troglodytes than Nazis.

The job I wish the Nazi/Troglodytes would have next. I couldn't figure out if this is a really upscale homeless person or a really cheesy street performer. Notice the matching bucket.

Metro Station in the "caterpillar" style, architect: Norman Foster, 1988-95.

Plaza Moyua

Another view of Plaza Moyua

Metro Station across from Plaza Moyua

What it looks like on the inside.

What it looks like when you're on your way out.

Skateboard/rollerskating park along the Nervion river. FYI this place is a skaters & dog owners' paradise.

random ass building I liked

Building by Cesar Gironella, 1986.

detail

Pedro Arrupe bridge, which is right in front of the Gironella building. There are five or six bridges over the Nervion and they each have a distinct personality. I liked how each bridge was tailored to the style of the buildings around it.

Random ass building I liked.

Random ass house I liked. Right on the river.

I'm pretty sure this is the Town Hall. It's identified as the Ayuntamiento (whatever that is), in the style Eclecticismo (I kid you not) by Joaquin Rucoba, 1892.

Fountain at the beautiful park Jose Anselmo Clave.

Train station.

Basquiat Café. Shut up.

This building, which I really think is beautiful, is being used as a market (fruits, vegetables, meat, fish); lots of little stalls inside.

detail of the tilework.

Sculpture outside of the Euskalduna Music Hall, the conference venue.

Euskalduna Music Hall (Palacio de congresos y de la Musica, by Federico Soriano y Dolores Palacios, 1999) with conference banner.

detail of conference banner.

What the lecture room looked like (see next page for detail of the copper acoustic flanges).