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

Installation view: Guggenheim Collection: Brancusi. Photo: David Heald

Art and China after 1989. Courtesy of Guggenheim Museum

Mystical Symbolism, Exhibition view. Courtesy of Guggenheim Museum

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

Rachel Harrison, All in the Family, 2012
Wood, polystyrene, cement, wire, acrylic paint, and Hoover vacuum cleaner, 93 1/2 x 31 x 35 inches (237.5 x 78.7 x 88.9 cm) Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Purchased with funds contributed by the International, Director’s Council 2012.126 © Rachel Harrison
Photo courtesy Greene Naftali Gallery

Alberto Burri, Rosso gobbo (Red Hunchback), 1953, Acrylic, fabric, and Vinavil on canvas with metal structure, 56.5 x 85 cm, Private collection, Rome © 2014 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/SIAE, Rome

Improvisation 28 (second version) (Improvisation 28 [zweite Fassung]), 1912, oil on canvas, 111.4 x 162.1 cm

On Kawara, Title, 1965, Acrylic on canvas, triptych, Left panel: 46 3/8 x 61 3/8 inches (117.8 x 155.9 cm); center panel: 51 1/4 x 62 3/4 inches (130.2 x 159.4 cm); right panel: 46 1/4 x 61 3/8 inches (117.5 x 155.9 cm), National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., Patrons’ Permanent Fund

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 2, 2014 (detail), Seven parts, wood, rubber, and steel, dimensions variable
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.

Gabriel Orozco, Piñanona 1, 2013, Tempera and burnished gold leaf on canvas, 15 3/4 x 15 3/4 (40 x 40 cm). Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Guggenheim UBS MAP Purchase Fund. Courtesy the artist and kurimanzutto, Mexico City. Photo: Studio Michel Zabé, 2013

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

Christian Megert, Mirror Shard Book (Spiegelscherbenbuch), 1962, Glass, mirror, and adhesive tape, 42 x 30 x 2 cm, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Nicolas Cattelain, London, © 2014 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ProLitteris, Zurich. Photo: Courtesy Franziska Megert

Carrie Mae Weems, Afro-Chic, 2010, Digital color video, with sound, 5 min., 30 sec. Collection of the artist, courtesy Courtesy the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York © Carrie Mae Weems

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