Guggenheim Museums

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About Guggenheim Museums

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation is a nonprofit corporation founded in 1937 by philanthropist Solomon R. Guggenheim and artist Hilla von Rebay. Its primary accomplishment has been the construction of a number of international museums:

- The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, in New York
- The Peggy Guggenheim Collection, in Venice
- The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, in Bilbao
- Deutsche Guggenheim Berlin, in Berlin
- The Guggenheim Las Vegas and Guggenheim Hermitage Museum, in Las Vegas
- The Guggenheim Guadalajara in Guadalajara, Mexico (opening in 2009)
- The Guggenheim Abu Dhabi in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (opening in 2011)
- The Guggenheim Bucharest in Bucharest, Romania (opening in 2010)

The front of the Guggenheim Museum from 5th AvenueOn July 8, 2006, the Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, announced it had signed an agreement with the Guggenheim Foundation to build a 30,000 m2 (over 300,000 square feet) "Guggenheim Abu Dhabi" museum. Frank Gehry was to design it, with completion expected in 2011.[1]

The Solomon R. Guggenheim in New York was the first to be built, and is sometimes called simply "the Guggenheim". The first was a modern spiral building(designed by Frank Lloyd Wright), and continuing with the Guggenheim Bilbao (designed by Frank Gehry) and the Guggenheim Las Vegas (designed by Rem Koolhaas), the Guggenheim Foundation developed a reputation for hiring major architects and building bold designs. In fact, some claim (or complain) that the Guggenheim buildings are more famous than the art works on display inside them.

The museums exhibit primarily "high" modern and postmodern art, but some branches have also exhibited commercial art. For example, the Solomon R. Guggenheim has shown exhibitions of Giorgio Armani suits and motorcycles; the latter exhibition was later moved to semi-permanent display at the Guggenheim Las Vegas.