BILBAO.- From June 14, 2011, to January 8, 2012, the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is hosting Painterly Abstraction, 1949–1969: Selections from the Guggenheim Collections. The exhibition investigates major trends in U.S. and European art in a singular …
Phillips Collection Features Works by Pioneering Abstract Artist Wassily Kandinsky
WASHINGTON, DC.- After a visit to his native Moscow in 1912, Wassily Kandinsky (1866−1944) sought to record the “extremely powerful impressions” that lingered in his memory. Working tirelessly through numerous drawings, watercolors, and…
Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Under Construction Agrees To Independent Monitors
NEW YORK, NY.- The leadership of the Board of Trustees of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation supports the appointment by the Tourism Development & Investment Company (TDIC) of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) as an independent monitor, which is an …
Guggenheim Supports the Appointment of an Independent Monitor on Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi
NEW YORK, NY.- The leadership of the Board of Trustees of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation supports the appointment by the Tourism Development & Investment Company (TDIC) of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) as an independent monitor, which is an essent…
The Guggenheim’s Helsinki Concept and Development Study: Project Update
NEW YORK, NY.- The Guggenheim’s Helsinki Concept and Development Study is well underway. This project update, the first to be issued since the project was announced in January 2011, offers information about what the study entails and who is involved. “…
Major Exhibition of the Venezuelan Artist Jésus Rafael Soto: 1955 to 2004 at Haunch of Venison
NEW YORK, NY.- Together with the Estate of Jésus Rafael Soto, Haunch of Venison presents a major survey exhibition of the Venezuelan artist (1923 – 2005) from May 6th to July 1st 2011. This is the first substantial exhibition of the artist in New…
Guggenheim Appoints Catherine Carver Dunn and John L. Wielk, Deputy Directors
NEW YORK, NY.- Richard Armstrong, Director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation, today announced the appointment of Catherine Carver Dunn as Deputy Director, Advancement. In this new position, Dunn will be responsible for directing the ma…
Amy Brandt, Ph.D. Joins Chrysler Museum as McKinnon Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art
NORFOLK, VA.- The Chrysler Museum of Art announced that Amy Brandt, Ph.D., has joined the Museum as the McKinnon Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art. She will oversee the Museum’s more than 2,400 works of art in the modern and contemporary col…
Artist Collective to Create New Work for Guggenheim Museum’s Intervals Contemporary Series
NEW YORK, N.Y.- From May 4 to May 14, 2011, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum will present Intervals: Futurefarmers, the fourth installment of its contemporary art series designed to reflect the spirit of today’s innovative practices. For its Inter…
Artist Collective to Create New Work for Guggenheim Museum’s Intervals Contemporary Series
NEW YORK, N.Y.- From May 4 to May 14, 2011, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum will present Intervals: Futurefarmers, the fourth installment of its contemporary art series designed to reflect the spirit of today’s innovative practices. For its Inter…