Simon Guggenheim (1867–1941), former Colorado senator and one of the heirs to the Guggenheim fortune. The entire project—plans, materials, construction, furnishing—was provided by Senator Guggenheim.

“A museum,” said Wright, a man who made his own definitions, “is an organic building where all is one great space on a single continuous floor.” The Guggenheim, he explained, was to be an ...

The Guggenheim is not the only New York institution suffering from persistent financial hardships coming out of the pandemic. The Brooklyn Museum has announced plans to terminate 47 employees ...

Like portals to another realm, abstract paintings by artists including Rudolf Bauer, Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Ben Nicholson and others were hung close to the floor, the air was thick with ...