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

Danh Vo. Courtesy of Guggenheim Museum

Josef Albers in Mexico, Exhibition view. Courtesy of Guggenheim Museum

Art and China after 1989. Courtesy of Guggenheim Museum

Mystical Symbolism, Exhibition view. Courtesy of Guggenheim Museum

Peter Fischli David Weiss, Rat and Bear (Sleeping), 2008, Cotton, wire, polyester, and electrical mechanism, overall dimensions vary with installation, Jumex Collection, Mexico City © Peter Fischli and David Weiss. Photo: Courtesy Fischli Weiss Archive, Zürich

Leslie Hewitt, Riffs on Real Time (3 of 10), 2006–09, Chromogenic print, 76.2 x 61 cm, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

Moyra Davey, Les Goddesses, 2011. HD Video with sound, 61 min. Courtesy the artist and Murray Guy, New York

Alberto Burri, Grande cretto nero (Large Black Cretto), 1977, Acrylic and Vinavil on board, 149.5 x 249.5 cm, Musée national d’art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, Gift of the artist, 1978
© 2014 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/SIAE, Rome, Photo: Courtesy Musée national d’art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris © CNAC/MNAM/Dist. RMN-Grand Palais/Art Resource, New York

Doris Salcedo, Plegaria Muda (detail), 2008–10, Wood, concrete, earth, and grass in 122 parts, dimensions variable. Courtesy Alexander and Bonin, New York

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

On Kawara, APR – 1 1969, From I Got Up, 1968–79, Stamped ink on postcard, 6 x 9 inches (15.2 x 23 cm). MTM Collection, Japan

Regina José Galindo, Blind Spot (Punto ciego), 2010, Digital color video, with sound, 17 min., 2 sec., A.P. 1/3, edition of 5. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Guggenheim UBS MAP Purchase Fund. Courtesy the artist and prometeogallery di Ida Pisani, Milan/Lucca, Italy

Carrie Mae Weems, Untitled (Woman and daughter with makeup) (from Kitchen Table Series), 1990, Gelatin silver print, 27 1/4 x 27 1/4 inches (69.2 x 69.2 cm), Collection of Eric and Liz Lefkofsky, Promised gift to The Art Institute of Chicago © Carrie Mae Weems. Photo: © The Art Institute of Chicago

Accompanied Contrast (Contraste accompagné), March 1935, Oil with sand on canvas, 97.1 x 162.1 cm, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Founding Collection, By gift © 2013 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris

Capricious Forms (Formes capricieuses), July 1937, Oil on canvas, 88.9 x 116.3 cm, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Founding Collection © 2013 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris

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