153113 20251017144623.0 doi 10.6092/issn.3034-9699/21592 sideral 143554 ART-2025-143554 eng Lorente Lorente, Jesús Pedro Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0003-4500-5182 Symbol of an era?: The Guggenheim Bilbao as an epitome of new museum tendencies at the turn of the millennium 2025 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted The Guggenheim Bilbao, inaugurated in 1997, soon became the most talked-about museum in the world, a global benchmark characteristically postmodern, for its architecture and its rupture with the introverted modernist canon, recovering all sort of connections with the city. Greater allure, spatial permeability and visual interrelations would be common features of new art museums, with ‘iconic’ artworks decorating their façades and surroundings. It was part of a formula of arts-led urban boosting replicated worldwide, looking for the so-called ‘Bilbao effect’. This role-model has been broadly emulated but also contested. Perhaps it is about time for a reassessment of its critical reception and for a museological reconsideration of the ‘Bilbao era’, pointing out some controversial issues and idiosyncratic curatorial ‘effects’ in cultural districts. It is a legacy worth keeping, while other features are no longer seen as culturally desirable or politically palatable –to the point that some scholars have coined the term ‘post-Bilbao era’. info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/AEI/PID2022-139553NB-I00 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.es info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 3007 465 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Historia del Arte Área Historia del Arte 2, 1 (2025), 95-115 Mus., Mater. Discus. Museum, Materials and Discussions 3034-9699 4603259 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/153113/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 3221353 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/153113/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:153113 articulos driver 2025-10-17-14:22:36 ARTICLE