Guggenheim Museum Bilbao hosts Al Held talk on 22 October

Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (Guggenheim Bilbao Museoa) will host an Al Held talk in Bilbao, Spain, on 22 October 2026. Daniel Belasco, director of the New York-based Al Held Foundation, will discuss the American abstract artist and works recently added to the museum collection.

Al Held talk brings the collection into view

The event is titled Talk about Artists Featured in the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao Collection and is scheduled for 22 October 2026 from 8pm to 9.30pm. The museum’s Canal page places the talk within a series of meetings about artists represented in the collection and identifies Belasco as the speaker.

The discussion will focus on the life and work of Al Held, whose art has recently entered the collection. The museum says the work can be seen in gallery 307, linking the evening programme with a specific part of the visitor route. The event is organised in collaboration with Marta Blàvia, the museum’s associate curator for the current collection exhibition. The official event listing gives the date, programme and museum connection.

The same programme page lists further talks for November, including an opening talk on Dan Flavin on 10 November and an opening talk for in situ: Zadie Xa on 18 November. Those dates are separate events and are not part of the Al Held discussion on 22 October.

Frank Gehry’s building frames the collection event

The museum stands at Avenida Abandoibarra 2 in Bilbao, beside the Nervión. Its building was designed by Canadian American architect Frank Gehry and contains three levels arranged around an atrium, with curved walkways, titanium and glass lifts, and staircases.

The building has 24,000 m2 of space, including 9,000 m2 devoted to exhibitions, according to the museum. Construction took place between October 1993 and October 1997 on a former wharf with port and industrial use. The collection talk therefore takes place inside a building whose galleries and central atrium were designed as an integrated setting for changing displays. The museum building page confirms Gehry’s authorship, the floor area and the exhibition space.

A regional cultural agenda also records the 22 October event at the museum in Bilbao. Its listing describes the programme as a talk about artists in the collection, providing a second dated record for the venue and event. The regional agenda entry places it on 22 October 2026.

Visiting Guggenheim Museum Bilbao: what travellers from Western Europe should know

• The Al Held talk takes place on 22 October 2026 at Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Avenida Abandoibarra 2, Bilbao, from 8pm to 9.30pm.
• The programme concerns Al Held and works in gallery 307, so the event is directly connected with the museum’s collection presentation.
• The building occupies a former wharf beside the Nervión and has three levels connected around a central atrium by walkways, lifts and staircases.
• Bilbao is in Spain, where Spanish and Basque are official languages and the currency is the euro.

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Frequently asked questions about Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

When does the Al Held talk take place at Guggenheim Museum Bilbao?

The talk takes place on 22 October 2026 from 8pm to 9.30pm.

What is Guggenheim Museum Bilbao?

It is a contemporary art museum in Bilbao housed in a Frank Gehry building with 24,000 m2 of space.

Where is Guggenheim Museum Bilbao and how do you get there?

The museum is at Avenida Abandoibarra 2 beside the Nervión in Bilbao, Spain.