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

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

Mystical Symbolism, Exhibition view. Courtesy of Guggenheim Museum

László Moholy-Nagy
CH BEATA I, 1939
Oil and graphite on canvas, 118.9 x 119.8 cm
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Founding Collection 48.1128
© 2015 Hattula Moholy-Nagy/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Felix Gonzalez Torres “Untitled” (Golden), 1995, Strands of beads and plastic track, dimensions vary with installation, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, through prior gift of Solomon R. Guggenheim; The Art Institute of Chicago, through prior gift of Adeline Yates; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, through prior gifts of J. D. Zellerbach, Gardner Dailey, and an anonymous donor; partial gift of Andrea Rosen in honor of Felix Gonzalez Torres 2008.22 © Estate of Felix Gonzales-Torres, Photo: David Heald, Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York

Installation view

Doris Salcedo, Atrabiliarios (detail), 1992–2004, Shoes, animal fiber, and surgical thread; 43 niches and 40 boxes, dimensions variable. Courtesy Alexander and Bonin, New York

Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, Untitled, 2012, Felt-tip pen on paper, 70 x 100 cm, Collection of the artist, courtesy The Third Line, Dubai © Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian. Photo: Courtesy of the artist and The Third Line, Dubai

V. S. Gaitonde, Untitled, 1995, Oil on canvas, 60 x 40 inches (152.4 x 101.6 cm). Courtesy Pundole Family Collection. Courtesy Khorshed and Dadiba Pundole

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.

Jonathas de Andrade , Posters for the Museum of the Man of the Northeast (Cartazes para o museu do homem do nordeste), 2013, 77 chromogenic prints, mounted on acrylic panels, 10 inkjet prints, and 6 photocopies on acetate with overhead projector, edition 2/5, overall dimensions variable, chromogenic prints 28 3/8 x 19 5/8 x 11/4 inches (72 x 50 x 3 cm) each; inkjet prints dimensions variable; photocopies 8 1/2 x 11 inches each. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Guggenheim UBS MAP Purchase Fund. Installation view, Kunsthalle Lissabon, Jonathas de Andrade: Posters for the Museum of the Northeast Man, June 20–August 17, 2013. Courtesy the artist and Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo. Photo: Jonathas de Andrade

Installation view: Italian Futurism, 1909–1944: Reconstructing the Universe, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, February 21–September 1, 2014. Photo: Kris McKay © Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation

2nd grade, PS 317, Queens, 2014 © The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York

Filippo Masoero, Descending over Saint Peter (Scendendo su San Pietro), ca. 1927–37 (possibly 1930–33), Gelatin silver print, 24 x 31.5 cm, Touring Club Italiano Archive

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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