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

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

Thannhauser Collection, Exhibition view. Courtesy of Guggenheim Museum

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

Agnes Martin, Exhibition view. Courtesy of Guggenheim Museum

Sara VanDerBeek, From the Means of Reproduction, 2007. Chromogenic print, 101.6 x 76.2 cm. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

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

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

Installation view

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

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

Illustration from ZERO 3 (July 1961), design by Heinz Mack, © Heinz Mack. Photo: Heinz Mack

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.

Singer (Sängerin), 1903, Woodcut on Japanese paper, mounted on paper, 35.9 x 24.8 cm, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York 72.2003 © 2014 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris

Jonathas de Andrade , Posters for the Museum of the Man of the Northeast (Cartazes para o museu do homem do nordeste), 2013, 77 chromogenic prints, mounted on acrylic panels, 10 inkjet prints, and 6 photocopies on acetate with overhead projector, edition 2/5, overall dimensions variable, chromogenic prints 28 3/8 x 19 5/8 x 11/4 inches (72 x 50 x 3 cm) each; inkjet prints dimensions variable; photocopies 8 1/2 x 11 inches each. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Guggenheim UBS MAP Purchase Fund. Installation view, Kunsthalle Lissabon, Jonathas de Andrade: Posters for the Museum of the Northeast Man, June 20–August 17, 2013. Courtesy the artist and Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo. Photo: Jonathas de Andrade

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

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