Description
Committed to innovation, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation collects, preserves, and interprets modern and contemporary art, and explores ideas across cultures through dynamic curatorial and educational initiatives and collaborations.
Program areas at SRGF
In furtherance of its mission, the Foundation collects and preserves art for the benefit of the public. The curatorial staff studies the art in the Foundation's collection, plans international exhibitions for public viewing, and prepares and publishes scholarly catalogues and educational texts. The Foundation also lends many of the works of art in its collection to other museums on the occasion of exhibitions that are of scholarly merit or that will broaden the public's appreciation of art. (continued on schedule o)
DURING 2019, The FOUNDATION DIRECTLY OPERATED TWO MUSEUMS: THE SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM IN NEW YORK AND THE PEGGY GUGGENHEIM COLLECTION IN VENICE. BOTH OF THESE MUSEUMS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC TO FULFILL THE FOUNDATION'S MISSION. THE FOUNDATION CONDUCTS TOURS OF ITS EXHIBITIONS, AND PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL TEXTS FREE OF CHARGE TO ALL MUSEUM VISITORS. DURING 2019, THE GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ONE EVENING OF EACH WEEK ON A PAY-WHAT-YOU-WISH BASIS. IN ADDITION, STUDENTS AND SENIOR CITIZENS ARE OFFERED REDUCED-PRICE TICKETS AND CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 12 ARE ADMITTED FREE OF CHARGE. (2019 COMBINED ATTENDANCE AT THE GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM AND PGC WAS 1,517,038).
Exhibitions presented in 2019 at the Solomon R. Guggenheim museum in new york ("Guggenheim museum") included: hilma af klint: paintings for the future (october 12, 2018 april 23, 2019); rh quaytman: +x (october 12, 2018 april 23, 2019); brancusi ( march 17, 2017 present); thannhauser collection (february 1, 2019 present); implicit tensions: mapplethorpe now (january 25, 2019 january 5, 2020); learning through art (april 26, 2019 january 5, 2020); (continued on schedule o)