by Josh Niland
“The new expansion will be connected to Frank Gehry’s original museum complex via a tunnel, according to the local outlet El Correo. The Guggenheim has been promoting the idea on and off since 2008…”
#guggenheimbilbao
Mural Compass: Nevada’s 7 Most colorful Communities
by Travel Nevada
Scroll through these communities and see the impact the Basques have had on them.
#basqueinginart
Visual Art and Propaganda Ecologies in the Basque Country: A Research Paper
by Iker Arranz Otaegui and Kevin C. Moore
“The Benedictine Archives at Lazkao contain a multitude of propaganda stickers and related visual media that provide a snapshot of the Basque region’s artful political culture in the 1970s and 1980s. Some of the most compelling examples include several items that remix Pablo Picasso’s Guernica, referencing the famous antiwar painting to become a form of mass-circulated pastiche. This move was somewhat unusual amid the strong nationalist bent of public discourse and art in the Basque Country during this period…”
#basquehistory
BIG beats OMA and Snohetta to Basque culinary centre
by Joe Quirke
“A design by Danish architect Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has won a competition for an extension to the Basque Culinary Centre in San Sebastián, Spain. The Gastronomy Open Ecosystem (GOe) will bring food start-ups, researchers and chefs under one roof.”
#basqueculinarycentre
Ondarreta showcases brand new furniture and accessories at Clerkenwell Design Week 2022
by David Seen
“Established in 1975, Ondarreta is a third-generation family-owned furniture manufacturer based in the Spanish Basque Country. Named after Ondarreta beach in San Sebastián, it was there that the roots of a small carpentry workshop would flourish: today, Ondarreta is one of the most admired names in Spanish furniture design.”
#basquedesigners
British royal family: Princess Charlotte’s coat of Basque origin
by Laura Chamorro
Princess Carlota has shone with a classic navy blue coat, made of Austrian merino wool from the Basque firm Amaia Kids, a brand led by Amaia Arrieta from Bergara. Fitted, casual, chic, light and easy to wear, the little girl has worn this piece with great success accompanied by her parents and her brother, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince George.
#fashionforward
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