The Guggenheim Museum Announces 2023 Acquisitions
International Artists, a Significant Gift from the Elizabeth R. and Michael M. Rea Collection, a Major Modernist Work by a Black Artist, and More Strengthen the Museums Holdings in 2023
NEW YORK, NY – WEBWIRE – Tuesday, February 27, 2024
In 2023, the Guggenheim acquired 102 works by more than 60 artists, over half of whom are new to the collection. The works, spanning from 1928 to the present day, further the Guggenheims commitment to expanding the purview of its interpretation and presentation of modern and contemporary art by focusing on acquiring works that embody diversity and innovation.
The acquisitions comprise a diverse group of modern and contemporary works across various mediums, including Andr Massons painting Le Dormeur (1942); Barbara Chase-Ribouds sculpture Pushkin (198485); and Sanford Biggerss wall-based textile sculpture Poly (2023). Highlights also include works by artists who have recently exhibited at the Guggenheim: Nick Caves Gestalt (2012) and Arm Peace (2019); Alex Katzs Muna (1990) and Sunrise (2019); Sung Neung Kyungs Here (1975), Mirror (1975), and Measure (1975); and Lee Kun-Yongs Snails Gallop (1975/2023), a commission presented during the Guggenheims Only the Young: Experimental Art in Korea, 1960s1970s performance series.
Naomi Beckwith, Deputy Director and Jennifer and David Stockman Chief Curator, states: This group of extraordinary works not only represents the Guggenheims commitment to collecting and preserving modern and contemporary art, it also celebrates the broadening scope of artists, leaders, and visionaries that continue to shape the museums legacy.
New works by artists such as Sol Calero, Sheroanaw Hakihiiw, Mohammed Ahmed Ibrahim, and Moshekwa Langa enrich the museums deep holdings of international artists. Renowned artists such as Terry Adkins, Martha Diamond, Tracey Emin, and Thaddeus Mosley enter the collection for the first time.
A gift of thirty-fiveartworks from the Elizabeth R. and Michael M. Rea Collection includes significant canvases by Ad Reinhardt and Anne Truitt and also enhances the museums holdings of works on paper, including drawings by Alberto Giacometti, Roy Lichtenstein, and Yves Tanguy. Notably, Jacob Lawrences Tragedy and Comedy Theater, Series No. 2, a tempera and gesso painting on panel from 1952, is now the Guggenheims earliest work by a Black artist. Seven video works by the late Dennis Oppenheim enter the museums robust collection of time-based media. Furthermore, twelve artworks were acquired in honor of Richard Armstrong, former director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation.
These acquisitions were funded in large part by the museums acquisition committees, including the Collections Council, International Directors Council, Asian Art Circle, Latin American Circle, Middle Eastern Circle, Photography Council, and Young Collectors Council, to ensure selections embrace a range of geographies, disciplines, timelines, and cultures.
About the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation was established in 1937 and is dedicated to promoting the understanding and appreciation of modern and contemporary art through exhibitions, education programs, research initiatives, and publications. The international constellation of museums includes the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice; the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao; and the future Guggenheim Abu Dhabi. An architectural icon and temple of spirit where radical art and architecture meet, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum is now among a group of eight Frank Lloyd Wright structures in the United States recently designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site. To learn more about the museum and the Guggenheims activities around the world, visit guggenheim.org.
WEBWIRE – Wednesday, April 19, 2023
What: With futuristic designs by artist and musician Farah Al Qasimi, the 2023 YCC (Young Collectors Council) Party will transform the iconic rotunda into an artificial digital paradise. The dark yet beautiful universe will draw inspiration from classic science-fiction films like Blade Runner and The Fifth Element to build a world teeming with utopic digital imagery. The one-night-only dance party features DJ sets, an open bar, and super-sensory digital display, as well as a celebration of the inaugural LG Guggenheim Award. Future floral attire is encouraged. Funds raised from the evening will benefit the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and the Young Collectors Council Art Fund, which supports emerging and established contemporary artists, and directly impacts the museums permanent collection, groundbreaking exhibitions, and education initiatives. The YCC Party is presented by LG Display. The YCC 2023 artist collaboration with Farah Al Qasimi is supported by LG OLED. When: Wednesday, May 24, 2023 Where: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Who: 2023 YCC Party Cochairs Hannah Gottlieb-Graham, Alexander Hankin, Will Marron, Audrey Ou, Alyssa Yoon; Host Committee Olivia Fialkow, Danielle Hankin, Casey Kohlberg, Dakota Sica, Cecily Waud, Aishan Zhang; YCC 2023 Artist Collaboration Farah Al Qasimi. Tickets: $300 for members; $350 for general admission. For more information, visit the YCC event page. Sponsors The 2023 YCC Party is presented by LG Display. The YCC 2023 Artist Collaboration is Supported by LG OLED. About the YCC The Young Collectors Council (YCC) is a dynamic group of young professionals ages 2140 who seek to further their understanding of contemporary art through a dedicated calendar of curator-led programs and special events such as curator-led tours, artist interactions, private collection visits, and more. Members convene for the unique opportunity to participate in a bi-annual meeting to further the YCCs mission of acquiring emerging, contemporary art for the museums permanent collection and supporting our groundbreaking exhibitions and education initiatives. About the LG Guggenheim Art and Technology Initiative The LG Guggenheim Art and Technology Initiative is a five-year, multifaceted collaboration between the Guggenheim and LG designed to research, honor, and promote artists working at the intersection of art and technology. Unique in its areas of concentration and approach, the initiative is an unprecedented investment in technology as an artistic medium. It will allow the Guggenheim to broaden its investigations into this innovative field, providing essential support to the visionary artists who inspire new understandings of how technology shapes, and is shaped by, society. As part of the Initiative, LG Display is Presenting Sponsor of the YCC Party through 2027. Through its sponsorship of the Party, the LG Guggenheim Art and Technology Initiative sustains the museums mission to collect, preserve, and interpret the art of our time and expands the YCCs long-standing history of supporting emerging artists. Each year the YCC Party features activations and performances devised by rising stars of the art world. Starting in 2023 these artists will incorporate LG Displays groundbreaking OLED technology, including the Transparent OLED, into their engagements with the Guggenheims landmark building. The inaugural recipient of the LG Guggenheim Award will be celebrated at the 2023 YCC Party. Four additional artists will be recognized through 2027. About LG LG is a technology innovator and global leader in consumer electronics, chemicals, and automotive components. Founded in 1947, LG was a driving force behind South Koreas modernization. The company produced South Koreas first radio and television sets, and today is a global leader in organic light-emitting displays (OLED), electric car batteries, and advanced industrial plastics. The LG group of companies employ over 250,000 people in more than 60 countries that together generate USD 154 billion in annual revenue. LG Corporation (LG Corp.) is the holding company for industry-leading LG subsidiaries, such as LG Electronics, LG Display, LG Energy Solution, LG Chem, to name a few. For more information about the LG group of companies, visit lgcorp.com. About the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation was established in 1937 and is dedicated to promoting the understanding and appreciation of modern and contemporary art through exhibitions, education programs, research initiatives, and publications. The international constellation of museums includes the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice; the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao; and the future Guggenheim Abu Dhabi. An architectural icon and temple of spirit where radical art and architecture meet, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum is now among a group of eight Frank Lloyd Wright structures in the United States recently designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site. To learn more about the museum and the Guggenheims activities around the world, visit guggenheim.org. #YCCPartyxLGDisplay
NEW YORK, NY – WEBWIRE – Monday, November 28, 2022 Exhibition: Gego: Measuring Infinity
A major retrospective devoted to the work of Gego, or Gertrud Goldschmidt (b. 1912, Hamburg; d. 1994, Caracas), will be presented at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum from March 31, 2023, through September 12, 2023, offering a fully integrated view of the influential German-Venezuelan artist and her distinctive approach to the language of abstraction. Across five ramps of the museums rotunda, Gego: Measuring Infinity will feature approximately 200 artworks from the early 1950s through the early 1990s, including sculptures, drawings, prints, textiles, and artists books.
Gego first trained as an architect and engineer at the Technische Hochschule Stuttgart (now Universität Stuttgart). Fleeing Nazi persecution in 1939, she immigrated to Venezuela, where in the 1940s she embarked on an artistic career that would span more than four decades. In two- and three-dimensional works across a variety of mediums, she explored the relationship between line, space, and volume. Her pursuits in the related fields of architecture, design, public art, and pedagogy complemented those investigations.
Although Gego was arguably one of the most significant artists to emerge in Latin America during the second half of the twentieth century, her work remains lesser known in the United States. Examining the formal and conceptual contributions she made through her organic forms, linear structures, and systematic spatial investigations, Gego: Measuring Infinity will ground her practice in the artistic contexts of Latin America that flourished over the course of her lengthy career. It will consider Gegos intersections withand departures fromkey transnational art movements including geometric abstraction, Kinetic art, Minimalism, and Post-Minimalism, tracing a markedly individual artistic path. This exhibition builds upon the Guggenheim Museums distinguished legacy of presenting groundbreaking modern and contemporary solo survey exhibitions that champion nonobjective art. A selection of this retrospective will be presented at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in the fall of 2023.
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museums presentation of Gego: Measuring Infinity is organized by Pablo León de la Barra, Curator at Large, Latin America, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation, New York, and Geaninne Gutiérrez-Guimarães, Associate Curator, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, and Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation, New York.
Gego: Measuring Infinity is organized by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Museo Jumex, Mexico City; and Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis ChateaubriandMASP. The exhibition was developed by Julieta González, Artistic Director, Instituto Inhotim, Brumadinho, Brazil; Geaninne Gutiérrez-Guimarães, Associate Curator, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, and Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation, New York; and Pablo León de la Barra, Curator at Large, Latin America, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation, New York, and former Adjunct Curator of Latin American Art, Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis ChateaubriandMASP; in collaboration with Tanya Barson, former Chief Curator, Museu dArt Contemporani de Barcelona; and Michael Wellen, Senior Curator, International Art, Tate Modern, London.
Funders
The Leadership Committee for Gego: Measuring Infinity is gratefully acknowledged for its generosity, with special thanks to Clarissa Alcock and Edgar Bronfman, Jr., Chairs, as well as Dominique Lévy and Brett Gorvy, Estrellita and Daniel Brodsky, Adriana Batan Rocca, Peter Bentley Brandt, Catherine Petitgas, Maria Belen Avellaneda-Kantt, Alice and Nahum Lainer, and Ana Julia Thomson de Zuloaga.
Funding is also generously provided by the Kate Cassidy Foundation, the David Berg Foundation, the Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation, and the Henry Moore Foundation.
Significant support is provided by the National Endowment for the Arts.Additional funding is provided by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museums Latin American Circle.
About the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation was established in 1937 and is dedicated to promoting the understanding and appreciation of modern and contemporary art through exhibitions, education programs, research initiatives, and publications. The international constellation of museums includes the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice; the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao; and the future Guggenheim Abu Dhabi. An architectural icon and temple of spirit where radical art and architecture meet, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum is now among a group of eight Frank Lloyd Wright structures in the United States recently designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site. To learn more about the museum and the Guggenheims activities around the world, visit guggenheim.org.
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The Guggenheim Hosts 2023 YCC Party Presented by LG Display
With futuristic designs by artist and musician Farah Al Qasimi, the 2023 YCC Party will transform the museums iconic rotunda into an artificial digital paradise.
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This major retrospective will offer a fully integrated view of the influential German-Venezuelan artist and her distinctive approach to the language of abstraction.
Venue: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1071 Fifth Avenue, New York
Location: Rotunda levels 1 through 5 and High Gallery
Date: March 31, 2023September 12, 2023
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