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

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

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

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

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

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

Several Circles (Einige Kreise), January–February 1926, oil on canvas, 140.3 x 140.7 cm

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 (Sculpture 2), 2008, Mirror, reverse-glass painting, and plaster on wood, 73 x 73 x 50 cm, The Third Line, Dubai © Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian. Photo: Courtesy of the artist and The Third Line, Dubai

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

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.

Student artwork, 3rd grade, PS 48, Staten Island, 2014. Photo: Kris McKay © 2014 Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation

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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