The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, on Fifth Avenue’s Museum Mile, is one of the world’s great modern art collections.
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1071 Fifth Avenue
(between 88th & 89th St)
Upper East Side, Manhattan
Subways
(4)(5)(6) to 86th St
(N)(Q)(R) to 86th St
Origins of the Guggenheim Museum
The Guggenheim fortune was made in mining and smelting, including Colorado silver and Alaskan gold.
The collection was originally Solomon R. Guggenheim’s personal collection. He began showing it to the public from his apartment in the Plaza Hotel. The museum was founded in 1939 under the direction of German artist Hilla von Rebay.
The Museum moved in 1959 to the iconic building designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
Previously at the Guggenheim Museum
Pia Camil: Here Comes the Sun
Friday, November 8, 2019
UPPER EAST SIDE, NYC ~ This Guggenheim 60th Anniversary commission by a Mexican artist is a wonderful performance based on Lygia Pape’s ‘Divisor’ (1969) that shines a bright light on people at the Guggenheim Museum
Josef Albers in Mexico shows his inspirations from Aztec, Maya, & Inca art
Nov 3, 2017 – Feb 18, 2018
UPPER EAST SIDE, NYC ~ The curator shows how Albers’ travel in Mexico profoundly influenced one of the great teachers of American contemporary artists, bringing Mayan motifs into contemporary art
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Visionaries: Creating a Modern Guggenheim
Feb 10 – Sep 6, 2017
UPPER EAST SIDE, NYC ~ Explore the permanent collection through eyes of the original patrons of the Guggenheim Museum
Maurizio Cattelan: ‘America’ says a lot with few words
Sep 16, 2016 – Sep 15, 2017
UPPER EAST SIDE, NYC ~ You can actually use the solid gold toilet in this installation at the Guggenheim
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Silver and Gold
The Guggenheim fortune was made in mining and smelting, including Colorado silver and Alaskan gold.
The collection was originally Solomon R. Guggenheim’s personal collection. He began showing it to the public from his apartment in the Plaza Hotel. The museum was founded in 1939 under the direction of German artist Hilla von Rebay.
The museum moved in 1959 to the iconic building designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. You can walk up the spiral ramps or take the elevator to the top an unwind.