Occident renews its support for the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao by sponsoring the exhibition of artist and filmmaker Steve McQueen

"The exhibition will be open from 9 October 2026 to 21 February 2027"

Occident will sponsor the new exhibition dedicated to Steve McQueen, which the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao will host this autumn. With this support, the insurer reaffirms its commitment to the world of art and culture, as well as to the dissemination of outstanding proposals in the field of contemporary art.

Curated by Lekha Hileman, the exhibition presents 66–76–26, a new work by Steve McQueen created specifically for the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao and conceived for room 105. The installation, which is immersive and focuses on the listening experience, takes the song Wild Is the Wind as its starting point and explores the possibilities of sound, space and the physical presence of the spectator. Through a sound composition that relates two interpretations of the song a decade apart, McQueen transforms the architecture of the room into a space to listen, explore and experience. The title of the work alludes to the years of each recording and the year of its creation in Bilbao. Renowned for his work with moving images, McQueen explores personal and collective themes throughout his career through precise and minimalist narratives, in which sound, light, scale and the relationship between the viewer and the space play a fundamental role. In 66–76–26, these elements take on a particularly physical and sculptural dimension, placing listening at the centre of the experience.

In the words of María José Álvarez, Occident's Director of Customer Strategy, Marketing and Communication, 'collaborating with the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao means continuing to support a leading institution in the field of contemporary art and contributing to bringing top-level cultural proposals to the public. This sponsorship reflects our commitment to the world of art and culture, and our willingness to support initiatives that generate knowledge, awareness and dialogue with society.'

Occident maintains a close relationship with the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, having been a patron since its inauguration. Occident has collaborated with the cultural institution on numerous occasions to support research, teaching, and the arts. It has also contributed to publicising the work of leading figures in the modern and contemporary art scene, such as Yoko Ono, Marta Jungwirth and Bárbara Kruger.

For her part, Miren Arzalluz, general director of the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, highlighted that 'the Steve McQueen exhibition will present a proposal of great sensory power to the public. It is in this regard that Occident's support makes it possible to continue adding outstanding international contemporary art projects to the museum's artistic programme.'