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

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

Guggenheim Collection: Brancusi

Permanent event

Thannhauser Collection, exhibition view. Courtesy of Guggenheim Museum

Thannhauser Collection

Permanent event

Artworks

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

Agnes Martin, Exhibition view. Courtesy of Guggenheim Museum

Moyra Davey, Les Goddesses, 2011, HD color video, with sound, 61 min. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

Installation view: Doris Salcedo, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, June 26–October 12, 2015, Photo: David Heald © Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation

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

Dominant Curve (Courbe dominante), April 1936, oil on canvas, 129.2x 194.3 cm

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

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, DEC. 29, 1977, “Thursday.” New York, From Today, 1966–2013, Acrylic on canvas, 8 x 10 inches (20.3 x 25.4 cm), Pictured with artist-made cardboard storage boxes, 10 1/2 x 10 3/4 x 2 inches (26.8 x 27.2 x 5 cm), Private collection. Photo: Courtesy David Zwirner, New York/London

V. S. Gaitonde, Untitled, 1979, Oil on canvas, 69 1/8 x 40 inches (152.7 x 101.6 cm), Private Collection. Photo: Lee Ewing, 2014 © Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York

Otto Piene, Light Ballet (Light Satellite) (top) and Light Ballet (Light Drum), 1969, Chrome, glass, and light bulbs, sphere diameter: 38 cm; drum height: 45.7 cm, diameter: 124.5 cm, Moeller Fine Art, New York, © Otto Piene. Photo: Courtesy Moeller Fine Art, New York

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

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

Pol Bury, Punctuation (Ponctuation), 1959, Wood and electric motor, diameter: 70 cm, Private collection, Brussels, courtesy Patrick Derom Gallery, Brussels, © Pol Bury. Photo: Courtesy Patrick Derom Gallery, Brussels

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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