Six Artists Curate Guggenheim Collection for 60th Anniversary
In celebration of its 60th anniversary, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York is hosting "Artistic License: Six Takes on the Guggenheim Collection." This exhibition features six contemporary artists—Cai Guo-Qiang, Paul Chan, Jenny Holzer, Julie Mehretu, Richard Prince, and Carrie Mae Weems—who each curate a section of the museum's permanent collection. Spanning the entire spiral ramp, the display includes over 300 works from the 20th century. Each artist has chosen a unique theme: Cai Guo-Qiang's "Non-Brand," Paul Chan's "Sex, Water, Salvation," Richard Prince's "Four Paintings Looking Right," Julie Mehretu's "Cry Gold and See Black," Carrie Mae Weems's "What Could Have Been," and Jenny Holzer's emphasis on women artists. The exhibition is open until January 12, 2020.
Key facts
- Exhibition 'Artistic License: Six Takes on the Guggenheim Collection' at Guggenheim Museum New York
- Six artists curated sections: Cai Guo-Qiang, Paul Chan, Jenny Holzer, Julie Mehretu, Richard Prince, Carrie Mae Weems
- First artist-curated exhibition at the Guggenheim
- Over 300 works from the museum's 20th-century collection
- Occupies entire spiral ramp of Frank Lloyd Wright building
- Runs through January 12, 2020
- Nancy Spector assisted as artistic director
- Includes rarely exhibited works and new commissions
Entities
Artists
- Cai Guo-Qiang
- Paul Chan
- Jenny Holzer
- Julie Mehretu
- Richard Prince
- Carrie Mae Weems
- Nancy Spector
- Frank Lloyd Wright
- Lawrence Weiner
- Piet Mondrian
- Laurie Simmons
- Afro
- José Guerrero
- Stuart Sutcliffe
- Isamu Noguchi
- Robert Rauschenberg
- David Hammons
- Alberto Burri
- Francis Bacon
- Joseph Beuys
- Franz Kline
- Mark Rothko
- Louise Bourgeois
- Helen Frankenthaler
- Agnes Martin
- Joan Mitchell
- Louise Nevelson
- Ruth Asawa
- Chryssa
- Cindy Sherman
- Nan Goldin
- Sarah Charlesworth
- Barbara Kruger
- Vassily Kandinsky
- Constantin Brâncuși
- Willem de Kooning
- Walter De Maria
- Marcel Duchamp
- Martin Barré
- Conrad Marca-Relli
- Georges Mathieu
- Kenzo Okada
- Judit Reigl
- Étienne Hajdu
- Mercedes Matter
- Blythe Bohnen
- Jean Arp
- Jean Tinguely
- Robert Morris
- Alberto Giacometti
- Ilse Bing
- Liliana Porter
- Fernand Léger
- Giacomo Manzù
- Jackson Pollock
Institutions
- Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
- Guggenheim Museum
- Artribune
Locations
- New York
- United States
- Fifth Avenue