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

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

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

R. H. Quaytman, Point de Gaze, Chapter 23, 2011, Silkscreen ink and gesso on panel, 82.2 x 50.8 x 1.9 cm, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. Purchased with funds contributed by the International Director’s Council 2012.13 © R. H. Quaytman, Photo: Kristopher McKay, Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York

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

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, 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

Gabriel Orozco, Piñanona 1, 2013, Tempera and burnished gold leaf on canvas, 15 3/4 x 15 3/4 (40 x 40 cm). Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Guggenheim UBS MAP Purchase Fund. Courtesy the artist and kurimanzutto, Mexico City. Photo: Studio Michel Zabé, 2013

Carrie Mae Weems, Untitled (Man and mirror) (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

Installation views: Carrie Mae Weems: Three Decades of Photography and Video, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, January 24–May 14, 2014. Photo: David Heald © Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation

Installation Views, Kandinsky in Paris, 1934–1944, June 28, 2013–April 23, 2014, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Photo: Kristopher McKay

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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