Bilbao's Guggenheim Museum transformed the face and fate of Bilbao when it opened in 1997.
As he gazes at the eccentric, titanium-plated angles of Bilbao's Guggenheim Museum, Francisco Mulero, a tourist from Spain's Canary Islands, explains why he admires the building.
As it celebrates its 25th anniversary, the museum's success can be seen in the number of visitors it draws: around a million each year on average. And over the last quarter century, the Guggenheim has become a major hub of modern art, hosting works by artists from its home Basque region as well as international giants such as Andy Warhol, Jackson Pollock and Alberto Giacometti.
"The Basques came to me and asked how they could change the misconception that they were famous only for terrorism and Jai alai handball," he explained to author Paddy Woodworth. "I told them they should build the greatest building of the century."Image source,From the start, the Guggenheim Bilbao project faced criticism, in great part due to the cost - $100m for the building alone - which was paid by the local authorities.
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