Ignacio Galán and Imanol Pradales open the Iberdrola Collection exhibition to mark the company’s 125th anniversary

To coincide with the reopening of the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum

Ignacio Galán and Imanol Pradales open the Iberdrola Collection exhibition to mark the company's 125th anniversary

Ignacio Galán 125th anniversary arts

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• The electricity company's chief executive and the Lehendakari took part in the opening ceremony for 'Parallels and Meridians', which brings together a selection of pieces from the company's art collection
• Alongside the exhibition, 24 panels have been installed in Doña Casilda Iturrizar Park, tracing the company's history and linking it to some of the most representative works in the corporate collection

Iberdrola's Executive Chairman, Ignacio Galán, and the Lehendakari, Imanol Pradales, today opened the exhibition 'Parallels and Meridians' at the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum. Organised to mark the company's 125th anniversary, the exhibition comprises over a hundred representative works from the corporate art collection. The exhibition coincides with the museum's reopening following its extension and refurbishment and will run until 30 August.

The opening ceremony was also attended by Ibone Bengoetxea, First Deputy President, Minister for Culture and Language Policy and President of the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum Foundation; Amaia Arregi, acting Mayor of Bilbao and acting Vice-President of the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum Foundation; Elixabete Etxanobe, Deputy General of Bizkaia and member of the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum Foundation; Ana Otadui, President of the General Assembly of Bizkaia; and Miguel Zugaza, Director of the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum.

With 'Parallels and Meridians', Iberdrola reinforces its commitment to art and culture and to Bilbao, the city where it was founded in 1901 as Hidroeléctrica Ibérica. The exhibition offers a journey through the Iberdrola Collection, structured around two conceptual themes. The 'parallels' reflect a chronological arc, from the beginnings of artistic modernity in the Basque Country in the late 19th century, through the development of the avant-garde from the 1950s onwards, to the more global artistic languages of the 21st century. For their part, the "meridians" structure the major themes that underpin the collection, including light, nature, ingenuity and work.

Added to all this is the special connection to Bilbao, where Iberdrola has had its electrification, as well as its vision and outlook for the future.