Winner of the Hugo Boss Prize 2012 Announced
Danh Vo has been named the winner of the Hugo Boss Prize 2012. He is the ninth artist to win the biennial honor, which was established in 1996 to recognize significant achievement in contemporary art.
Research on Picasso Work Sheds Light on Earlier Painting
For nearly a year, the Guggenheim’s Conservation and Curatorial Departments have been engaged in an intensive investigation into a portrait of a man beneath the surface of Pablo Picasso’s Woman Ironing (La repasseuse, 1904).
New Online Platform Provides Context for Global Art Initiative
Launched today, the first phase of a new Guggenheim UBS MAP Global Art Initiative web platform on Guggenheim.org unveils a richly interactive experience centered on the project’s goal of sparking a cross-cultural discussion on art from various regions around the world.
BMW Guggenheim Lab to Open in Mumbai December 9, 2012
After its stop in Berlin this summer, the BMW Guggenheim Lab opens again in Mumbai on December 9, 2012, and will operate through January 20, 2013. The central site for the Mumbai Lab will be at the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum in the Byculla district.
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.
A Look at the Finalists for the Hugo Boss Prize 2012
Since 1996, the Guggenheim has collaborated with HUGO BOSS to honor an artist whose work represents a significant development in contemporary art. In advance of the announcement of this year’s winner on November 1, learn about the recent and upcoming activity of the artists short-listed for this year’s prize.
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.
Off-Site Exhibition Series Exploring Stillness Concludes with Bronx Edition
After identifying, creating, or transforming “stillspots” in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island into public tours, events, or installations, the two-year multidisciplinary project stillspotting nyc comes to a close this month in the Bronx.
Can You Feel It? Four Experts Discuss Empathy in Guggenheim Forum
In conjunction with Rineke Dijkstra: A Retrospective, neuroscientist Peggy Mason, computer scientist G. Anthony Gorry, and writer Meghan Falvey convene this week to discuss the emotion the arguably defines us as human: empathy.
Guggenheim UBS MAP Curator Discusses Research Trip
June Yap is meeting with artists and intellectuals throughout South and Southeast Asia.