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

Thannhauser Collection, Exhibition view. Courtesy of Guggenheim Museum

Josef Albers in Mexico, 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

Rachel Harrison, All in the Family, 2012
Wood, polystyrene, cement, wire, acrylic paint, and Hoover vacuum cleaner, 93 1/2 x 31 x 35 inches (237.5 x 78.7 x 88.9 cm) Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Purchased with funds contributed by the International, Director’s Council 2012.126 © Rachel Harrison
Photo courtesy Greene Naftali Gallery

Anne Collier, Crying, 2005. Chromogenic print, image: 92.4 x 127.6 cm; sheet: 99.1 x 134 x 0.6 cm, edition 1/5. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Purchased with funds contributed by Mr. and Mrs. Aaron M. Tighe 2005.47 © Anne Collier

Alberto Burri, Rosso plastica M 2 (Red Plastic M 2), 1962. Burned plastic on canvas, 120 x 180 cm. Private collection © 2014 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SIAE, Rome

Doris Salcedo, Untitled (camisas), 2013, Cloth shirts, metal rebars, and plaster in 11 parts. Photo: Oscar Monsalve Pino. Courtesy Alexander and Bonin, New York

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

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

Wang Jianwei: Time Temple works in progress at Wang Jianwei’s Beijing studio, 2014. Photo: Xu Boxin, courtesy the artist. All works by Wang Jianwei © 2014 Wang Jianwei, used by permission.

Pablo León de la Barra, Guggenheim UBS MAP Curator, Latin America. Photograph by Kristopher McKay © Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, 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

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

Otto Piene, Venus of Willendorf (Venus von Willendorf), 1963, Oil and soot on canvas, 150 x 200 cm, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, © Otto Piene. Photo: Courtesy Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam

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