Guggenheim Abu Dhabi: Talking Art
As 2012 winds down and a new year approaches, the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Project looks back on some recent exciting developments toward the realization of the future museum.
Peggy Guggenheim Collection Receives Major Gift of 83 Works
Featuring postwar European and American art by artists such as Alexander Calder, Eduardo Chillida, Ellsworth Kelly, Jasper Johns, and Cy Twombly, the collection was the bequest of Hannelore B. Schulhof.
Guggenheim UBS MAP Curator Discusses Research Trip
June Yap is meeting with artists and intellectuals throughout South and Southeast Asia.
Second Installment of Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Talking Art Series
Taking place on September 24, 2012, Guggenheim Abu Dhabi and Art from the Middle East: A Public Forum will mark the second event in the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Talking Art Series, a sequence of talks and panel discussions with artists, curators, scholars and thinkers about key ideas informing the development of the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi.
Curator David van der Leer Recognized at the Venice Architecture Biennale
The jury of the 2012 International Venice Architecture Biennale awarded a Special Mention to the exhibition Spontaneous Interventions: Design Actions for the Common Good, cocurated by Guggenheim curator David van der Leer.
BMW Guggenheim Lab Opens in Berlin
Located in Berlin’s artistic Prenzlaur Berg district, the Lab is open to the public until July 29, and will explore notions of individual and collective comfort and the urgent need for environmental and social responsibility.
View Photos from the 34th Museum Mile Festival
The Guggenheim welcomed over 3,200 visitors during the annual festival, which offered an array of performances and outdoor activities from 82nd to 105th Street.
BMW Guggenheim Lab in the News
The Lab’s architects present an exhibition on urban and public spaces in Berlin, and the logo is named to the shortlist for a prestigious design award.
BMW Guggenheim Lab Earns Webby Award Nomination, Cattelan App Honored
Two of the Guggenheim’s recent digital media projects have been recognized by the Webby Awards, the leading global award honoring excellence on the Internet. The BMW Guggenheim Lab site was nominated for a Webby in the Cultural Institutions category, while the app for the exhibition Maurizio Cattelan: All was named a Webby honoree.
Announcing Guggenheim UBS MAP Global Art Initiative
The Guggenheim UBS MAP Global Art Initiative will highlight art and artists from diverse global regions through cross-cultural exhibitions, residencies, and education programs.