For „Artistic License: Six Takes on the Guggenheim Collection,“ six contemporary artists explore the Guggenheim collection to create the museum’s first artist-curated exhibition. Cai Guo-Qiang, Paul Chan, Jenny Holzer, Julie Mehretu, Richard Prince, and Carrie Mae Weems present nearly 300 paintings, sculptures, works on paper, and installations from the turn of the century to 1980 […]

We explore how it is no longer useful to think of Vincent van Gogh’s talent as a result of his poor mental health. This video contains language used by Van Gogh to describe his mental health. The way we speak about mental health has progressed since then and is always developing the more we understand. […]

From a peephole in her grandmother’s garret that rests on her master’s property, a young woman watches while remaining concealed. Inspired by the autobiography of writer, abolitionist, and escaped slave girl Harriet Jacobs (1813-97), “Loophole of Retreat” locates a space of creation within places of capture. This self-reflexive production of freedom within incarceration – a […]

From a peephole in her grandmother’s garret that rests on her master’s property, a young woman watches while remaining concealed. Inspired by the autobiography of writer, abolitionist, and escaped slave girl Harriet Jacobs (1813-97), „Loophole of Retreat“ locates a space of creation within places of capture. This self-reflexive production of freedom within incarceration – a […]

This major exhibition brings together over 50 works by Vincent van Gogh to reveal how he was inspired by Britain and how he inspired British artists. The EY Exhibition: Van Gogh and Britain presents the largest collection of Van Gogh’s paintings in the UK for nearly a decade. Some of his most famous works will […]

For years, New York Times Magazine has set a high bar for sophisticated editorial design, bringing together world class writing with daring typographic systems and captivating art direction. Gail Bichler has worked for the publication in many roles: as a designer, an art director, and now currently as the magazine’s design director, leading a team […]

Explore the work of one of the most critically acclaimed yet controversial artists of the late 20th century, Robert Mapplethorpe, in „Implicit Tensions: Mapplethorpe Now.“ The exhibition’s first phase brings together over eighty works from the Guggenheim’s rich collection of Mapplethorpe holdings, including the artist’s early Polaroids, depictions of the New York S&M scene, artist […]

In response to vociferous cultural debates that engulfed the Guggenheim Museum and other U.S. museums with in-person and online protests, the Guggenheim presented “Culture and Its Discontents” (April 6–7, 2018), a two-day public program examining the causes and effects of this growing phenomenon. The program explored the widening ideological divides in the United States, the […]

Forest Young, a quintessential design thinker, is both global principal and head of design at Wolff Olins, the acclaimed branding firm named “one of the most innovative companies of 2018” by Fast Company. Young brings together a love for psychology and humanity with an interest in design, technology, and culture. When he’s not working for […]

In response to vociferous cultural debates that engulfed the Guggenheim Museum and other U.S. museums with in-person and online protests, the Guggenheim presented “Culture and Its Discontents” (April 6–7, 2018), a two-day public program examining the causes and effects of this growing phenomenon. The program explored the widening ideological divides in the United States, the […]

Explore the work of master colourist Pierre Bonnard with Tate Curators Matthew Gale and Helen O’Malley. Together they take a closer look at The C C Land Exhibition: Pierre Bonnard at Tate Modern, and reveal his unique use of colour, memory and perspective. Find out more about The C C Land Exhibition: Pierre Bonnard: The […]

Curator Lauren Hinkson introduces „Josef Albers in Mexico“ and discusses the making of the exhibition, on view November 3, 2017–April 4, 2018. Learn more at https://www.guggenheim.org/josefalbers. source