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Portrait of Rashid Johnson, New York, 2025 Joshua Woods / Courtesy of the artist and Hauser & Wirth. A constellation of ...
She built one of the great collections of modern art, 326 paintings and sculptures that would become known as the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, including works by Pablo Picasso, Jackson Pollock ...
They are now being sold by the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation to support its own mission. Sotheby’s announced the sale on Thursday. MORE: Impressionism Too Pricey? American Art Offers a Way I ...
The artist’s sprawling survey at the Guggenheim reveals an intellect unfolding and a life under way.
When the Guggenheim opened in 1959, 50 cents would get you inside the modern art museum — equivalent to just over $5 in today’s money. But on Tuesday, admission was jacked up by $5 — with th ...
ADVERTISEMENT But, outside of professional art circles, what is less well known is the singular life of the woman who made assembling the collection her life’s purpose. Peggy Guggenheim—niece ...
Solomon Robert Guggenheim (1861-1949) made his fortune in mining and turned to art in a systematic way at the age of 68 in 1929. Guiding him for the next 20 years was the German-born Hilla Rebay ...
Luckily for Peggy Guggenheim, she had one. After her father’s demise aboard the Titanic, the then-teenage heiress spun her inheritance, her black-sheep status, and her passion for art and ...
She was now the public face of the art world’s PR crisis. Her position at the Guggenheim was untenable. The museum commissioned an independent investigation into LaBouvier’s allegations ...
Art has played a leading role in Bilbao’s revival, and the Guggenheim Museum has been centre stage throughout this process. Twenty-five years since it opened, Bilbao is inconceivable without it.