The Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros announces the donation of Gego’s Esfera Nº 1 (1976) to the Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao. The work is currently on view in The Search for the Beginning. A Tribute to Plácido Arango as part of the museum’s inaugural program following its renovation and expansion, developed by Norman Foster and Luis María Uriarte.

The work was donated by Patricia Phelps de Cisneros in memory of Plácido Arango, collector, cultural patron, great benefactor of the museum and dear friend of the Cisneros family. The Search for the Beginning. A Tribute to Plácido Arango honors his trajectory as a collector and his important connection with the Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, including the long term loan of more than a hundred works from his collection, which will allow the museum to create different exhibition narratives within its galleries.

To learn more about The Search for the Beginning. A Tribute to Plácido Arango and the museum’s inaugural program, visit the Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao and its website.

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Image: Gego (Gertrud Goldschmidt) (1912-1994, Venezuela), Esfera Nº 1, 1976. Steel, 99.10 × 91.40 × 88.90 cm. Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao. Donation of Patricia Phelps de Cisneros in memory of Plácido Arango.