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

Rashid Johnson, A poem for deep thinkers, exhibition view. Courtesy of Guggenheim Museum

Rashid Johnson, A poem for deep thinkers, exhibition view. Courtesy of Guggenheim Museum

Rashid Johnson, A poem for deep thinkers, exhibition view. Courtesy of Guggenheim Museum

Rashid Johnson. A poem for deep thinkers

18 Apr 2025 — 18 Jan 2026

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

Thannhauser Collection, Exhibition view. Courtesy of Guggenheim Museum

Thannhauser Collection

Permanent event

Artworks

Jackson Pollock, Ocean Greyness. Courtesy of Guggenheim Museum

Installation View: Visionaries: Creating a Modern Guggenheim, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, February 10, 2016–September 6, 2017. Photo: David Heald © Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, 2017

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

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

Erin Shirreff, UN 2010, 2010. Color high-definition video, silent, 17 min. continuous loop, A.P. 1/2, edition of 3. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Purchased with funds contributed by Erica Gervais, 2010.29 © 2010 Erin Shirreff

Improvisation 28 (second version) (Improvisation 28 [zweite Fassung]), 1912, oil on canvas, 111.4 x 162.1 cm

Doris Salcedo, Disremembered I, 2014, Silk thread and sewing needles, 89 x 55 x 16 cm. Collection of Diane and Bruce Halle

Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, Untitled, 1983, Felt-tip pen on paper, 24 x 32 cm, Collection of the artist © Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian. Photo: Courtesy of the artist

On Kawara, One Million Years, 1993–Live Reading: One Million Years, David Zwirner, New York, January 14–February 14, 2009. Photo: Courtesy David Zwirner, New York/London

On Kawara, DEC. 29, 1977, “Thursday.” New York, From Today, 1966–2013, Acrylic on canvas, 8 x 10 inches (20.3 x 25.4 cm), Pictured with artist-made cardboard storage boxes, 10 1/2 x 10 3/4 x 2 inches (26.8 x 27.2 x 5 cm), Private collection. Photo: Courtesy David Zwirner, New York/London

Wang Jianwei, Time Temple 3, 2014 (detail), Wood, brass, and rubber. Two parts: one part wood, brass, and rubber, 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, Wang Jianwei © 2014 Wang Jianwei, used by permission.

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

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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