Upcoming Events
By Way Of: Material and Motion in the Guggenheim Collection
One of the most prominent features of art from the late eighteenth century onwards, particularly after World War II, is artists’ tendency to evolve traditional artmaking methods outside the studio’s boundaries. This exhibition will examine the ways in which contemporary artists enacted new ideas for... [ + ]med by the social and historical contexts of their time and pushed the boundaries of artmaking and materials as a result.By Way Of offers a suite of works from the museum’s permanent collection inspired by the D.Daskalopoulos Collection Gift. Major artists from the Arte Povera movement of the 1960s and 1970s, like Jannis Kounellis and Mario Merzwill share the galleries with artists working today,such as Rashid Johnson, Mona Hatoum, and Senga Nengudi.By Way Of: Material and Motion in the Guggenheim Collection is organized by Naomi Beckwith, Deputy Director and Jennifer and David Stockman Chief Curator.
$19 - Seniors, Students
Children under 12: Free
Members: Free
Pay what you wish Monday and Saturdays 4pm - 5:30pm
Harmony and Dissonance: Orphism in Paris, 1910–1930
Featuring around 100 artworks to be presented in the museum’s iconic rotunda, this major exhibition will examine the vibrant abstract art of Orphism. It will explore the transnational movement’s developments in Paris, addressing the impact dance, music, and poetry had on the art, among other themes.... [ + ]Orphism emerged in the early 1910s, when the innovations brought about by modern life were radically altering conceptions of time and space. Artists connected to Orphism engaged with ideas of simultaneity in kaleidoscopic compositions, investigating the transformative possibilities of color, form, and motion. Selected works by artists including Robert Delaunay, Sonia Delaunay, Marcel Duchamp, Mainie Jellett, František Kupka, Francis Picabia, and Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso, and by the Synchromists Stanton Macdonald-Wright and Morgan Russell, will be on view.
$19 - Seniors, Students
Children under 12: Free
Members: Free
Pay what you wish Monday and Saturdays 4pm - 5:30pm
Thannhauser Modern Art Collection at the Guggenheim
The Thannhauser Collection, formed by the collector and art dealer Justin K. Thannhauser (1892–1976), introduced to the Guggenheim’s holdings works by such groundbreaking artists as Edgar Degas, Édouard Manet, and Vincent van Gogh, and more than thirty examples by Pablo Picasso. This major gift prov... [ + ]ides an important survey of late 19th- and early 20th-century modernism. It was during this critical period—as artists sought to liberate art from academic genres and introduce contemporary subject matter—that the avant-garde investigated novel materials and methods, setting the stage for the development of radical new styles.
$19 - Seniors, Students
Children under 12: Free
Members: Free
Pay what you wish Monday and Saturdays 4pm - 5:30pm
By Way Of: Material and Motion in the Guggenheim Collection
One of the most prominent features of art from the late eighteenth century onwards, particularly after World War II, is artists’ tendency to evolve traditional artmaking methods outside the studio’s boundaries. This exhibition will examine the ways in which contemporary artists enacted new ideas for... [ + ]med by the social and historical contexts of their time and pushed the boundaries of artmaking and materials as a result.By Way Of offers a suite of works from the museum’s permanent collection inspired by the D.Daskalopoulos Collection Gift. Major artists from the Arte Povera movement of the 1960s and 1970s, like Jannis Kounellis and Mario Merzwill share the galleries with artists working today,such as Rashid Johnson, Mona Hatoum, and Senga Nengudi.By Way Of: Material and Motion in the Guggenheim Collection is organized by Naomi Beckwith, Deputy Director and Jennifer and David Stockman Chief Curator.
$19 - Seniors, Students
Children under 12: Free
Members: Free
Pay what you wish Monday and Saturdays 4pm - 5:30pm
Harmony and Dissonance: Orphism in Paris, 1910–1930
Featuring around 100 artworks to be presented in the museum’s iconic rotunda, this major exhibition will examine the vibrant abstract art of Orphism. It will explore the transnational movement’s developments in Paris, addressing the impact dance, music, and poetry had on the art, among other themes.... [ + ]Orphism emerged in the early 1910s, when the innovations brought about by modern life were radically altering conceptions of time and space. Artists connected to Orphism engaged with ideas of simultaneity in kaleidoscopic compositions, investigating the transformative possibilities of color, form, and motion. Selected works by artists including Robert Delaunay, Sonia Delaunay, Marcel Duchamp, Mainie Jellett, František Kupka, Francis Picabia, and Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso, and by the Synchromists Stanton Macdonald-Wright and Morgan Russell, will be on view.
$19 - Seniors, Students
Children under 12: Free
Members: Free
Pay what you wish Monday and Saturdays 4pm - 5:30pm