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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
1071 Fifth Avenue (at 89th Street)
New York, NY 10128-0173
Hours & Ticketing
Museum Hours
Sun–Wed 10 am–5:45 pm
Fri 10 am–5:45 pm
Sat 10 am–7:45 pm
Closed Thurs
Some galleries may close prior to 5:45 pm Sun–Wed and Fri (7:45 pm Sat)
Admission
Adults $18
Students and Seniors (65 years +) with valid ID $15
Children under 12 Free
Members Free
Audio Tours
Audio tours are free with admission.
Further visitor information, including directions to the museum, group sales, and information about the café, can be found on the Visit Us page.
Educator's Eye Tours
Daily
11 am and 1 pm
Join museum educators for interactive discussions of current exhibitions
Exhibitions at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
October 21, 2009–March 28, 2010
Ongoing
Ongoing
September 18, 2009–January 13, 2010
September 18, 2009–January 13, 2010
October 2, 2009–January 6, 2010
October 9, 2009–January 6, 2010
Programs & Events at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
November 6–November 12
- FilmFriday, November 6 @ 10:00 am
Grahame Weinbren created Kandinsky: A Close Look, a three-part “anti-docuÂmentary” film utilizing custom high-definition technology. Each part focuses on a different 1913 Kandinsky painting in the GuggenÂheim collection: Painting with White Border, Small Pleasures, and Black Lines. The three films—Essay, Eyetracking, and Synesthesia—provide alternate ways of looking at and thinking about the work of this complex artist. Through a close examination of details, voice-overs, and eye-tracking technology used by medical researchÂers, viewers are provided enhanced visual tools to trace their own extended journeys through the paintings.
Running time: 35 minutes
For complete schedule information, visit the Film Screenings page. - 50th AnniversaryFriday, November 6 @ 11:00 am
In honor of its 50th Anniversary, the Guggenheim has produced a documentary film on the history of its building, collections, exhibitions, and the development of its international network. The 27-minute film combines archival materials—including talks given by Solomon Guggenheim and Frank Lloyd Wright—with contemporary footage featuring artists, art historians, architects, architectural historians, and curators.
For complete schedule information, visit the Film Screenings page.
- FilmFriday, November 6 @ 2:00 pm
Oskar Fischinger, still from Allegretto, 1936–1943. © Fischinger Trust. Courtesy CVM
A program of artists supported by Hilla Rebay
Organized by the Center for Visual Music
In the 1940s, curator and founding director Hilla Rebay planned to establish a film center at the Museum of Non-Objective Painting, which later became the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, to collect and promote nonobjective films. She awarded grants to artists and presented programs of short experimental films. With the help of Oskar Fischinger, an elaborate film center was planned to include studios and planetarium-style projection capability. Although unrealized, Rebay's support enabled many filmmakers to continue their work in abstract film. This program presents short films by filmmakers whose work was screened and/or supported by Rebay, including Jordan Belson, Mary Ellen Bute, Charles Dockum, Oskar Fischinger, Hans Richter, Harry Smith, among others. Having experimented with nonobjectivity, many of these artists were familiar with the work of Vasily Kandinsky, one of its most famous practitioners, having seen his paintings at the Museum of Non-Objective Painting.2 pm, 16mm films
2:30 pm, 35mm filmsNew Media Theater, free with museum admission
For complete schedule information, visit the Film Screenings page.
- Free with admissionFriday, November 6 @ 2:00 pm
Join Gillian McMillan, Senior Conservator, for a tour of Kandinsky.
- Members-OnlyFriday, November 6 @ 9:00 pm
This month's event features a DJ set by Holy Ghost! (DFA), composed of the critically acclaimed Brooklyn duo Nick Millhiser and Alex Frankel. One of the most exciting acts to recently come out of the indie-disco scene, Holy Ghost's clean and powerful sound is sending waves of excitement through the electronic music world. Take in their unique sound as you ascend the Guggenheim’s spiraling ramp to see Kandinsky, the exhibition described by the New York Times as "sensational." During your visit, see how Kandinsky took inspiration from music in his pioneering efforts toward abstraction. For more information, visit the First Fridays page.
Please note: The November and December Art After Dark: First Fridays events will have priority admission for members and strictly limited capacity. Make sure to become a member and get in line early! Art After Dark will return in 2010 with new events and special offers for members.
- Members-OnlySaturday, November 7 @ 3:30 pm
Studio Visit, 3:30 pm
Cocktails, 5 pm
The Shinohara Studio, 68 Jay St (DUMBO, Brooklyn)
Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, 18 Jay St (between Hudson and Greenwich Sts, Manhattan)
Ushio Shinohara invites the YCC to his DUMBO studio where he will put on a unique performance for the group in which he creates one of his famous “boxing-paintings.” Shinohara, who has been experimenting with this mode of painting since the 1960s, sees this process as the “purest kind of art” in which his action paintings challenge the Gutai artist Shiraga’s “feet-painting” of the 1950s. Following the performance, Shinohara invites the group to join him for a gallery talk and cocktails at his solo exhibition WHAM! POW! VROOOM! Shinohara 2009 at Ethan Cohen Fine Arts in Tribeca. RSVP - 50th AnniversarySaturday, November 7 @ 5:45 pm
Formerly offered on Fridays, Pay-What-You-Wish hours will be hosted by the museum on Saturday evenings from 5:45–7:45 pm.
- For FamiliesSunday, November 8 @ 10:30 am
Join interactive, family-oriented tours highlighting the Guggenheim’s permanent collection and special exhibitions. Tours focus on a
different theme each month and include conversation, drawing, readings
from related children’s literature, and/or scavenger hunts. - Tours & Gallery ProgramsMonday, November 9 @ 6:00 pm
Join Guggenheim Museum educators Ellen Edelman, Georgia Krantz, and Guthrie Nutter for a tour, discussion, and private reception. Separate programs presented through verbal imaging, touch, and American Sign Language. RSVP: 212 360 4355 or e-mail access@guggenheim.org.
Free with museum admission
- Tours & Gallery ProgramsMonday, November 9 @ 6:30 pm
R. Luke DuBois is a composer, artist, and performer who explores the temporal, verbal, and visual structures of cultural and personal ephemera. His recent work is a sonic and encyclopedic relative to time-lapse photography. A practitioner of synesthesia, DuBois will relay the correspondence between painter Vasily Kandinsky and composers Arnold Schoenberg and Alexander Scriabin while inviting the audience to experience an interpretive landscape of sound. A reception follows the tour.
$25, $20 members, students
- Members-OnlyTuesday, November 10 @ 6:30 pm
The Asia Society invites the YCC on a private tour by Associate Curator Miwako Tezuka to view Hanging Fire: Contemporary Art from Pakistan. This exhibition is the first U.S. museum survey devoted to contemporary art from Pakistan and includes painting, sculpture, installation art, photography, and video. Curated by Salima Hashmi–an influential and well-respected artist and curator in Pakistan—the exhibition presents a comprehensive look at recent and current trends in Pakistani art, with over 50 works by 15 artists created over the last two decades. RSVP
- Members-OnlyThursday, November 12 @ 6:30 pm
Members of the Acquisitions Committee are invited to participate in the semi-annual Acquisitions Committee meeting. Works for acquisition are proposed by the curators, discussed by the committee, and voted upon. This is a unique opportunity to learn about new artists and their work while taking part in the growth of the Guggenheim’s permanent collection. For more information about upgrading to the Acquisitions Committee, please call 212 423 3534. RSVP