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Guggenheim Bilbao: From Covid to Kandinsky

The challenges facing the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao as it prepares to open a major show of work by abstract artist, Wassily Kandinsky, during the Coronavirus pandemic.

As Guggenheim Museum Bilbao prepares to open a major show of work by abstract artist, Wassily Kandinsky, In the Studio is behind-the-scenes and discovers how the museum continues to emerge and manage during the Coronavirus pandemic.

Basque journalist Olatz Arrieta speaks to the people at the heart of this cultural institution – from Director General, Juan Ignacio Vidarte and Eva Eguiren in the Visitor’s Centre, to those working closely on the Kandinsky and the exhibitions of the future.

But as Spain records more than one million coronavirus cases, and authorities in the Basque Country close the regions borders, will the Kandinsky show still open? Join Olatz to find out.

Presented by Olatz Arrieta

Produced by Neil McCarthy and Ella-mai Robey for the BBC World Service

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27 minutes

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