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Art Explosion: Maurizio Cattelan at the Guggenheim

Friday, November 25, 2011

WNYC

If a naughty Catholic schoolboy had an unlimited budget to put on an exhibit at the Guggenheim, Maurizio Cattelan's All is likely what you'd end up with. Check out a slideshow of the hyper-real sculptures and disconcerting pieces of taxidermy Cattelan's hung from the Guggenheim's ceiling here.

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Waiting for the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi to Open? Expect Delays

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

The Tourism Development and Investment Company, a state-run United Arab Emirates development company responsible for building the Frank Gehry-designed museum, has retracted its call for contractors to do cement work on the museum.

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Behind the Scenes: Artist Lee Ufan Installs Work at the Guggenheim

Thursday, June 23, 2011

On Friday, the first U.S. retrospective for Lee Ufan, an artist and poet born in South Korea who moved to Japan in his 20s, opens at the Guggenheim. Click here to see Ufan installing his existential, raw boulders at the Guggenheim, some of which were selected from Long Island for the exhibition.

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Artists Continue Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Boycott Despite New Labor Monitor

Friday, June 03, 2011

On Tuesday, the Guggenheim Museum announced that Pricewaterhouse Coopers would oversee the employment of migrant workers at the construction of its new location on Abu Dhabi's Saadiyat Island. But artists say they will continue to boycott the museum until their demands are met.

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Guggenheim Says Artists' Boycott Jeopardizes Abu Dhabi Project

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

More than 130 artists have boycotted the Guggenheim's new Abu Dhabi location over migrant workers' rights.

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Guggenheim Explores Expansion into Finland

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

On Tuesday, Helsinki Mayor Jussi Pajunen announced that the city had commissioned the Guggenheim to conduct a study on the feasibility of bringing a new modern art museum administered by the Guggenheim to town.

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Tax Returns Show Guggenheim Spends Big on Executive Compensation

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

The foundation recently released its 2009 tax returns, which revealed some surprising figures around executive pay.

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Italian Satirical Sculpture and Korean Philosophy Coming to the Guggenheim

Thursday, November 18, 2010

A tragic Italian poet, a radical Korean philosopher and the art of shoe-making are some of the things coming to the Guggenheim next year. The museum unveiled its 2011 exhibitions today and they include a show with the satirical sculptures of Maurizio Cattelan in the fall, the first North American retrospective of sculptor and painter Lee Ufan in June, and the installation Shoelace Exchange, by the San Francisco group Futurefarmers, in May.

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Hans-Peter Feldmann Wins 2010 Hugo Boss Prize

Friday, November 05, 2010

The German artist Hans-Peter Feldmann has won this year's Hugo Boss prize. Feldmann, who has been creating conceptual art for four decades, will receive $100,000 along with the award.

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Guggenheim and YouTube Unveil 'Biennial of Creative Video'

Thursday, October 21, 2010

The Guggenheim Museum and YouTube will screen 20 videos which won an online "Biennial of Creative Video" contest. The museum will project the videos onto its facade Thursday and Friday night from sundown until 10:30 P.M.

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NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission Denies Guggenheim's Food Kiosk Application

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Think it's your last chance to grab a cheap pretzel, kebob or hot dog before heading into the Guggenheim museum? Think again. On Tuesday, the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission denied the Solomon R. Guggenheim museum's application to install a permanent teardrop-shaped food kiosk made of stainless steel and resin. The commission ruled that the museum's proposed kiosk would not fit with Frank Lloyd Wright's 1950s spirals and cantilevers in the museum's entry area.

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A New York-Centric Timeline of the 1940s and '50s

Friday, October 01, 2010

WNYC

What was happening and when — here's WNYC's timeline of some of the most significant events in the 1940s and '50s.

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Datebook: May 27, 2010

Thursday, May 27, 2010

WNYC

The Whitney Museum takes over downtown, abstractions made of thread and paint, sculptures that look like battlestars and the art of Chatroulette. Your guide to what's happening now.

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Performance Club

A Kiss Is Just A Kiss?

Friday, April 16, 2010

Of the many discussions and debates about Tino Sehgal, one that I’ve found most intriguing is the reaction to the sexual politics of “Kiss,” his slow-mo choreographic embrace.

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Tino Sehgal at the Guggenheim: A Follow-Up

Monday, March 01, 2010

The second time around was not at all like the first time.

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Don’t Objectify Him: Tino Sehgal at the Guggenheim

Friday, January 29, 2010

The Tino Sehgal show at the Guggenheim proves that you sometimes have to empty out the museum in order to see what's really there. Share your reaction here.

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Be a Part of It: Join WNYC at a Guggenheim Happening

Thursday, January 07, 2010

On Friday, January 29, the Guggenheim Museum opens a highly unusual exhibit. It will not contain a single object: no paintings, sculptures, videos or installations. 

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Getting it Wright: Dining at the Guggenheim's New Restaurant

Monday, January 04, 2010

The oughts saw the demise of countless institutions (books, newspapers, network news anchors), but there's one most folks are not likely to miss: the ossified museum cafeteria, with its plastic trays, bounteous fluorescent lighting and grim metal counters stocked with stale egg salad sandwiches and Sanka.

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