NewsUnions
Employees at the Guggenheim seek to unionise
Labour representative says the organisation is engaged in “union-busting” tactics
NewsConservation & Preservation
Guggenheim launches conservation fellowship with help from Russian billionaire Vladimir Potanin
Initiative aims to boost Russian expertise in rapidly developing field of preserving contemporary art
NewsMaurizio Cattelan
Maurizio Cattelan’s golden toilet, once offered to Donald Trump, is on its way to the UK
The work will be in the Italian artist’s solo show and was recently celebrated in a “greatest hits” sculpture in the south of France
NewsMuseums & Heritage
Guggenheim Abu Dhabi is 'on track, on budget', director Richard Armstrong says
Construction on the long-delayed project is expected to take three to four years
InterviewArtist interview
Simone Leigh, now in the spotlight, contemplates the theme of invisibility
With three presentations scheduled this spring in New York, the Brooklyn-based artist talks about her commitment to representing the experience of black women
NewsMuseums & Heritage
Conceptual and Minimalist trove raises bedeviling questions for the Guggenheim
Grappling with questions of authenticity, museum 'decommissions' some works from the Panza Collection
NewsSponsorship
Guggenheim Museum says it 'does not plan to accept any gifts' from the Sackler family
The move follows similar decisions by London museums
AnalysisMuseums in the changing world order
Museums in the changing world order: a question of ethics
In the first part of a new series, Adrian Ellis looks at the increased public scrutiny of museum boards in the social media age
NewsJean-Michel Basquiat
How a protest poster by David Wojnarowicz may have inspired Basquiat's Defacement
Artist's 1983 depiction of an infamous case of police brutality goes on display at the Guggenheim Museum in New York in June
NewsControversies
Nan Goldin’s anti-opioid activist group storms New York museums
Pain held demonstrations at the Guggenheim and the Met over the weekend
NewsArt market
Guggenheim deaccessions work by Zao Wou-Ki as the artist’s market swells
Following a $65m sale of the Chinese modernist’s work in October, Sotheby’s will offer an untitled work this spring to benefit the museum’s acquisition fund
NewsThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From Marc and Macke's friendship to the mother of abstraction
NewsPrizes
The 2018 biennial Hugo Boss Prize goes to Simone Leigh
The artist’s work draws upon the visual culture of the black diaspora, ideas of beauty, ethnographic research and feminist discourse
PreviewExhibitions
Hilma af Klint, the ‘mother of abstraction’, gets first major US show
More than 100 years after a spirit commanded her to break with naturalism, the vision of the Swedish artist is realised at the Guggenheim
NewsRestitution
Guggenheim to return Kirchner painting to heirs of Jewish dealer
Owner fled Nazis in 1933 after a stream of anti-Semitic attacks
News
Culture Pass has New Yorkers reaching for their library cards—but demand is exceeding supply
New scheme offering free tickets to some of the city’s most popular museums had thousands of responses
NewsExhibitions
Is major survey of conceptual art pioneer Hassan Sharif heading to New York's Guggenheim?
Sharjah Art Foundation’s blockbuster retrospective of the late artist is already confirmed for venues in Germany and Italy
NewsConservation & Preservation
What colour is this dress? Guggenheim reveals Manet painting after three years of restoration
New York museum has removed varnish and overpainting to let the artist’s brushstrokes “sing”
NewsExhibitions
Controversial animal works pulled from Guggenheim New York will go on show in Bilbao
Contemporary Chinese installations drew 'threats of violence' from animal rights activists last year
PreviewFrieze New York
The best shows in town during Frieze New York
From Adrian Piper at MoMA to Radican Women in Brooklyn
NewsExhibitions
What Samson Young did next—the artist will unveil a new sound piece for the Guggenheim New York
The work will feature “impossible” instruments created after intense research carried out at Edinburgh University
NewsPeggy Guggenheim Collection
Case dismissed: France's highest court rules in favour of Guggenheim foundation
The judgment ends a lengthy legal battle between the heirs of Peggy Guggenheim and the US organisation
CommentDonald Trump
'While I revile Trump as much as the next man, Nancy Spector was wrong to offer the Golden Toilet'
Georgina Adam on why Guggenheim's chief curator should rise above President and his "swampy" world
CommentPolitics
How should museums respond to Donald Trump?
We asked directors of prominent US institutions what they can or should do
NewsArt Basel in Miami Beach
Guggenheim commissions new works from five Chinese artists
Leading artists will produce site-specific works for permanent collection
NewsThree to see
Three to see: New York
From abstract Mexico to a fairy-tale forest
NewsThree to see
Three to see: New York
From ancient Crete to contemporary China
ReviewExhibitions
Plenty to chew on: on Theatre of the World at the Guggenheim
The show, which was met with protest before it even opened, packs a punch
News
Guggenheim withdraws animal works from Chinese art show after ‘threats of violence’
New York museum made decision after initially resisting wave of protests
Comment
Museums have a duty to be political
Activist curators and directors can make truly democratic spaces, but they need brave boards to support them
Jillian Steinhauer