Together the curated"masterpieces from the Guggenhein Collection from Picasso to Polloc" a125-piece show held at Reina Sofia which served as an impressive showcase for their negotiation Concurreatly, th Guggenheirn presented "kandinsky watercolors (curated by Ginwenez) at Banco Bilbao Vizcaya's exhition space in Madrid. However , culture minister semprin rejected their proposal to rent parts of the collection to Madrid, for several reasons. First of all, the Reina Sofia had become Spain's national modern art museum with the stated mission of presenting the history of 20th-century Spanish art. Furthermore, even though Spain sorely lacked quality modern artworks, the state was unwilling to rent another collection following the costly and controversial rental of the Baron von Thyssen's collection (which was eventually purchased and ensconced in its ow building the Prado) Lastly, the political tide in Spain turned An anti-American sentiment prevailed at the ministry under and sRGF's proposal came to be considered an imperialistic, speculative venture, particularly in the aftermath of the contemporary-art market boom and bust.