Guggenheim Bilbao celebrates 20th birthday with Bill Viola

A major Bill Viola retrospective opening today (30 June) at the Museo Guggenheim Bilbao marks the US video artists special connection to the museum, says its director Juan Ignacio Vidarte. He describes the show, which runs until 9 November, as a highlight of the year-long programme of exhibitions and events honouring the 20th anniversary of the Frank Gehry-designed museum in the northern Spanish city. Violas installation The Messenger (1996), originally commissioned for Durham Cathedral in