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

Artworks

Art and China after 1989. Courtesy of Guggenheim Museum
Agnes Martin, Exhibition view. Courtesy of Guggenheim Museum
Peter Fischli David Weiss, Untitled, 1994–2013 (detail), Painted polyurethane, 164 parts, overall dimensions vary with installation Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Purchased with funds contributed by the Collections Council and through prior gifts of an anonymous donor, Mr. and Mrs. Nathan L. Halpern, and the Andrew Powie Fuller and Geraldine Spreckels Fuller Bequest 2014.115 © Peter Fischli and David Weiss. Photo: Jason Klimatsas
Installation view: Doris Salcedo, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, June 26–October 12, 2015, Photo: David Heald © Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation
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
Claudia Angelmaier, Betty, 2008. Chromogenic print, 130 x 100 cm, edition 5/5. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Purchased with funds contributed by the Photography Committee with additional funds contributed by Aaron and Kim Tighe, and Rona Citrin, 2014.122 © Claudia Angelmaier
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
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
Alberto Burri, Grande bianco plastica (Large White Plastic), 1964, Burned plastic on aluminum stretcher, 191.8 x 292.1 cm, Glenstone, © 2014 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/SIAE, Rome, Photo: Tim Nighswander/IMAGING4ART
Blue Mountain (Der blaue Berg), 1908–09, oil on canvas, 106 x 96.6 cm
Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, Mirror Ball, 1973, Mirror on plaster ball, 19 x 19 x 19 cm, Collection of Nima Isham, Montana © Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian. Photo: Filipe Braga © Fundação de Serralves–Museu de Arte Contemporânea, Porto, Portugal
Heinz Mack, New York, New York, 1963, Aluminum on wood, 160 x 100 x 20 cm, Private collection, © Heinz Mack. Photo: Heinz Mack
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.
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.
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
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