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Yayoi Kusama (1929) is over 90 years old and has been living in a psychiatric institution since the 1970s. But none of this has stopped her from creating. Since she was a child, she has suffered from hallucinations and panic attacks, which she has learned to transform into creativity through obsession and repetition. She has built a career based on painting, sculpture, performance and installations, and is considered a pioneer of counterculture and one of the most sought-after artists in the world. Her extravagant vision arrived at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in 2023 through the exhibition ‘Yayoi Kusama: From 1945 to Today’, sponsored by Iberdrola. In this interview, Lucía Agirre, curator of the exhibition, helps us rediscover Japan’s most prestigious contemporary artist.
In the area of exhibitions, it is worth highlighting Iberdrola's collaboration, through its foundation in Spain, with the Sorolla Museum, which is located in the villa that was the Valencian painter's home and studio during the early 20th century.
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As part of its commitment to artistic, historic and cultural heritage, Iberdrola group organises different art-related initiatives, undertakes lighting and restoration projects for historic buildings, promotes cultural events and collaborates on worthy publications.
Through its foundation, Iberdrola collaborates with the Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum on social inclusion initiatives seeking to enable children, young people and adults to gain access and take part in accordance with their particular individual needs.
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Iberdrola has been working with the Prado Museum since 2010, the year in which both institutions established an ongoing partnership, taking the form of support for conservation and restoration programmes, as well as sponsorship of various exhibitions. Since 2018, the company has also been a patron of the museum.
The noteworthy patronage work of the company is materialised in a very special way with its permanent collaboration with the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, of which it has been its sponsor since it was opened. According to such a commitment, Iberdrola has supported different exhibitions and initiatives of the Guggenheim museum.
