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A private visit near Guggenheim Museum from Bilbao where ArT Toys, paintings, prints, books, and real studio life come together. ArTToyGama Newsletter #169

ART TOY NEWSLETTER

Sergio Pampliega Campo & Cristina A. del Chicca

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Subject: More than a gallery: a living Studio where we share our work, our story, and the ArT Toy Movement.

Some of You have written to us saying something simple.
And powerful.

“Next time I’m in Bilbao, I’d love to visit You.”

So this email is our answer.

Because Art Toy Gama is not only something You read, follow, or buy from.
It is also a place You can step into.

1. It began with a message we couldn’t ignore

A reader told us they were planning a trip to Bilbao.

Museums. Architecture. The Guggenheim. The usual route.

Then came the line that mattered:

“Can I also visit Art Toy Gama?”

That question stayed with us because it touched something real.

What we do is not only meant to be seen on a screen.
Some things need walls.
Tables.
Shelves.
Books left open.
Paint still drying.
Conversations that don’t fit inside captions.

2. Because this is not just a gallery visit

Our space is in Trapagaran, just outside Bilbao.

A restored former carpentry workshop turned into a working studio-gallery.

Here, ArT Toys, paintings, fine art prints, books, magazines, and years of visual obsession live together under the same roof.

So if You come, You won’t just see finished pieces.

You’ll also see the ecosystem behind them.

The working tables.
The rhythm of the studio.
The logic behind what we show.
The emotional mess behind what eventually becomes clarity.

In other words: not just the result.
The process.

3. And that matters more than most people think

Anyone can walk into a polished space and look at objects.

But not every place tells You why those objects are there.

We will.

We’ll tell You what we have.
Why we chose it.
Why it matters.
How we work.
How this collective, formed in 2014 by artists and professionals from different countries, has built its own way of living and defending the ArT Toy Movement from Spain.

Not as a trend.
Not as decoration.
As memory.
As identity.
As visual culture with bite.

4. What people really want is not more art. It’s more truth.

A friend once visited a famous art space and later said something we never forgot:

“I saw beautiful things. But I learned nothing about the people behind them.”

That is exactly what we refuse.

If You visit us, we want You to leave with more than images.

We want You to understand how we think.
How we build.
How this place evolved.
Why this former industrial space became the right home for what we do.
Why ArT Toys here sit next to paintings, prints, books, archives, and stories that are still unfolding.

Not a frozen showroom.
A living space with a pulse.

5. And yes, this can end with a piece going home with You

Because once You’ve seen the space, heard the story, and understood the why behind the work, something changes.

The right piece stops feeling random.

It starts feeling inevitable.

An ArT Toy.
A print.
A painting.

Not just something You liked online.
Something You met properly.

That’s the difference between browsing and collecting.
Between consuming and choosing.
Between filling a space and changing it.

So whether You’re planning a trip to Bilbao, or simply want to start from where You are now, here’s the invitation:

Come see us.
Or start with a piece.

Either way, enter the world properly.

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