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, Untitled (Green Silver). Courtesy of Guggenheim Museum

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

Agnes Martin, Exhibition view. Courtesy of Guggenheim Museum

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

Katie Paterson, Light bulb to Simulate Moonlight, 2008, 289 frosted colored halogen lightbulbs (28W, 4500K), crate, and logbook
Dimensions vary with installation, edition 2/9
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
Purchased with funds contributed by Ahmar M. and Noreen K. Ahmad and an anonymous donor 2011.31 © Katie Paterson, Photo: Dimitris Skliris for Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, courtesy James Cohan Gallery, New York and Shanghai

Lisa Oppenheim, The Sun is Always Setting Somewhere Else, 2006 (detail). Slide projection of 15 35 mm slides, continuous loop, dimensions variable, AP 1/1, edition of 4. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Purchased with funds contributed by the Photography Committee, 2009.60 © 2006 Lisa Oppenheim

Alberto Burri, Ferro SP (Iron SP), 1961, Iron and oil on wood, 130 x 200 cm, Galleria nazionale d’arte moderna e contemporanea, Rome, © 2014 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/SIAE, Rome
Photo: Antonio Idini, Soprintendenza alla Galleria nazionale d’arte moderna e contemporanea, Courtesy Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali

Blue Mountain (Der blaue Berg), 1908–09, oil on canvas, 106 x 96.6 cm

Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, Untitled, 1976, Mirror, reverse-glass painting, and plaster on wood
100 x 100 cm, Collection of Zahra Farmanfarmaian, Santa Fe © Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian. Photo: Filipe Braga © Fundação de Serralves–Museu de Arte Contemporânea, Porto, Portugal

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

On Kawara, Paris–New York Drawing no. 144, 1964, Graphite and colored pencil on paper, perforated top edge, 4 9/16 x 18 1/16 inches (37 x 46 cm), Collection of the artist. 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

Javier Téllez , One Flew over the Void (Bala perdida), 2005, Digital color video, with sound, 11 min., 30 sec., edition 8/8. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Guggenheim UBS MAP Purchase Fund. Courtesy the artist and Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich

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

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