Guggenheim Museum

Guggenheim Museum

An internationally renowned art museum and one of the most significant architectural icons of the 20th century, the Guggenheim Museum in New York is at once a vital cultural center, an educational institution, and the heart of an international network of museums.

Location

New York, United States

Founded in

1937

Thannhauser Collection, Exhibition view. Courtesy of Guggenheim Museum

Thannhauser Collection, Exhibition view. Courtesy of Guggenheim Museum

Thannhauser Collection, Exhibition view. Courtesy of Guggenheim Museum

Thannhauser Collection

Permanent event

Thannhauser Collection, exhibition view. Courtesy of Guggenheim Museum

Thannhauser Collection

Permanent event

Installation view: Guggenheim Collection: Brancusi, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Ongoing. Photo: David Heald

Guggenheim Collection: Brancusi

Permanent event

Artworks

Jackson Pollock, Ocean Greyness. Courtesy of Guggenheim Museum

Installation View: Visionaries: Creating a Modern Guggenheim, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, February 10, 2016–September 6, 2017
Photo: David Heald © Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, 2017

Peter Fischli David Weiss, Animal, 1986 (from Grey Sculptures, 1984–86/2006–08), Polyurethane, paint, and cloth, 45 x 50 x 85 cm
Private collection © Peter Fischli and David Weiss. Photo: Courtesy Fischli Weiss Archive, Zürich

Erica Baum, Jaws, 2008 (from the series Naked Eye) (detail). Inkjet print, 47 x 41.6 cm. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

Atrabiliarios (detail), 1992–2004
Shoes, drywall, paint, wood, animal fiber, and surgical thread; 43 niches and 40 boxes, overall dimensions variable, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Accessions Committee Fund purchase: gift of Carla Emil and Rich Silverstein, Patricia and Raoul Kennedy, Elaine McKeon, Lisa and John Miller, Chara Schreyer and Gordon Freund, and Robin Wright © Doris Salcedo

Erica Baum, Jaws, 2008. Inkjet print, image: 47 x 41.6 cm; sheet: 55.9 x 43.2 cm, edition 2/6. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Purchased with funds contributed by Kimberly and Aaron Tighe, 2011.48 © Erica Baum

On Kawara, MAY 20, 1981, “Wednesday.” New York, From Today, 1966–2013, Acrylic on canvas, 18 x 24 inches (45.7 x 61 cm), Pictured with artist-made cardboard storage boxes, 24 5/8 x 18 5/8 x 2 inches (62.5 x 47.3 x 5 cm), Private collection. Photo: Courtesy David Zwirner, New York/London

V. S. Gaitonde, Untitled, 1975, Oil on canvas, 70 x 42 inches (177.8 x 106.7 cm), Mr. and Mrs. Rajiv Chaudhri Collection, New York. Photo: Christie’s © Christie’s Images Limited 2014

Wang Jianwei, Time Temple, 2014, Acrylic and oil on canvas, 210 x 301 cm, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Acquisition in process, The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Collection. Photo: Xu Boxin, courtesy the artist. All works by Wang Jianwei © 2014 Wang Jianwei, used by permission.

Installation view: Kandinsky Before Abstraction 1901–1911, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, June 27, 2014–Spring 2015. Photo: David Heald © The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York

Wilfredo Prieto, Walk, 2000, Wheelbarrow, soil, plant, and chromogenic print, overall dimensions variable. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Guggenheim UBS MAP Purchase Fund. Courtesy the artist and NoguerasBlanchard, Barcelona/Madrid

Installation views: Carrie Mae Weems: Three Decades of Photography and Video, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, January 24–May 14, 2014. Photo: David Heald © Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation

3rd grade, PS 8, Brooklyn, 2014 © The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York

Installation Views, Kandinsky in Paris, 1934–1944, June 28, 2013–April 23, 2014, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Photo: Kristopher McKay

Christopher Wool, Installation Views, Photo: David Heald

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