Michele Roohani

Living in Los Angeles, i was kind of blas� about seeing Gehry’s Guggenheim Museum last week but i was surprised by this stunning building that looks somehow “liquid”. it floats majestically on the river Nervion.

the building’s exterior with its titanium sheathing is smoothly fluid, the curves unending. i understand now why they call Gehry not a mere architect but a “starchitect”!

i have to admit that i didn’t care about the much hyped Anselm Kiefer’s exhibition.

the museum’s interior is amazing with a central atrium that reaches 50 meters high - an orgy of glass, steel, limestone and light; CONTINUITY reigns supreme…

Richard Serra’s sculptures in bilbao were a revelation to me and i was glad to catch him on Charlie Rose last night; the breathtaking installations, the sheer space-cutting size of the steel sheets, the spirals and mazes they made were just spellbinding. he will be at the Grand Palais and the MoMA with excess baggage.

aside from this, Bilbao is a boring city.