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

Jackson Pollock, Ocean Greyness. Courtesy of Guggenheim Museum

Agnes Martin, Untitled #5, 1998. Courtesy of Guggenheim Museum

László Moholy-Nagy
B‐10 Space Modulator, 1942
Oil and incised lines on Plexiglas , 42.9 x 29.2 x 6 cm
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Founding Collection 47.1063
© 2015 Hattula Moholy-Nagy/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Leslie Hewitt, Riffs on Real Time (3 of 10), 2006–09, Chromogenic print, 76.2 x 61 cm, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

A Flor de Piel (detail), 2014
Rose petals and thread, 1333.5 x 650 cm
D.Daskalopoulos Collection
Installation view: Doris Salcedo, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, February 21–May 24, 2015 © Doris Salcedo, Photo: Patrizia Tocci

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

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.

Wang Jianwei, Time Temple 5, 2014, Wood and steel . Three parts: one part, 274 x 83.5 x 23 cm; one part, 35 x 60 x 35 cm; one part, 35 x 60 x 35 cm, dimensions vary with installation. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Acquisition in process, The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Collection. Photo: Xu Boxin, courtesy the artist. Wang Jianwei © 2014 Wang Jianwei, used by permission.

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

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

Giacomo Balla, The Hand of the Violinist (The Rhythms of the Bow) (La mano del violinista [I ritmi dell’archetto]), 1912, Oil on canvas, 56 x 78.3 cm, Estorick Collection, London © 2014 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SIAE, Rome

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

Dominant Curve (Courbe dominante), April 1936, Oil on canvas, 129.2 x 194.3 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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