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The Guggenheim Presents Two-Day Architecture Symposium

On the occasion of the exhibition Frank Lloyd Wright: From Within Outward, the seminal question “Now what architecture?” posed by Wright in his 1931 Kahn Lecture forms the basis for a two-day symposium drawing scholars, architects, designers, and cultural critics from around the world.

 
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Recent Acquisition: Tacita Dean

Using the increasingly anachronistic medium of film, Tacita Dean (b. 1965, Canterbury, England) cultivates a visual discourse of obsolete technologies and the fictional remains of cultural memory.

 
Pablo Picasso, Le Moulin de la Galette, autumn 1900

Guggenheim Settles Litigation and Shares Key Findings

On January 31, 2009, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation settled litigation concerning its ownership of Pablo Picasso’s Le Moulin de la Galette. Given the extensive costs associated with prolonged litigation, the Guggenheim determined that agreeing to settle the case was the best and most fiscally prudent course of action to ensure that the painting would remain on view for the benefit of the public and scholars.

 
Richard Prince

Guggenheim TV Spot Nominated for Emmy Award

A television spot for Richard Prince: Spiritual America, the exhibition on view at the Guggenheim from Sept. 28, 2007–Jan. 9, 2008, has been nominated for a New York Emmy Award in the Community/Public Service (PSAs) category.

 
Guggenheim International Gala

Guggenheim Children’s Book Reissued

First published in 1970, A.C. Hollingsworth’s I’d Like the Goo-Gen-Heim is a timeless introduction to modern art for young readers.

 
Susanta Mandal

Recent Acquisition: Susanta Mandal

The Guggenheim recently acquired Caged Sacks (2007–08) by Susanta Mandal, an artist known for his mixed media installations, which often utilize spotlights and kinetic mechanisms and that seem playful, but are actually uncanny and ultimately disconcerting constructions.

 
Carol Stringari

Carol Stringari, Chief Conservator, Wins CAA/Heritage Preservation Award

The award recognizes Stringari's work on the 2008 exhibition Imageless: The Scientific Study and Experimental Treatment of an Ad Reinhardt Black Painting.

 

The Guggenheim Acquires Work by Felix Gonzalez-Torres

The Guggenheim Museum recently acquired Felix Gonzalez-Torres's “Untitled” (Golden) through purchase and partial gift.

 

Louise Bourgeois Retrospective Wins Prestigious Award

The International Association of Art Critics (AICA/USA) has awarded Louise Bourgeois Best Monographic Show in New York City for 2007–08.

 
Carl Gustaf Ehrnrooth

A Passionate Collector and New Trustee

This fall, the Board of Trustees welcomed a new member—passionate collector, patron, and champion of the arts Carl Gustaf Ehrnrooth of Helsinki, Finland.

 
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