Summary of Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
The Guggenheim Museum has long been heralded for the building it’s housed in as much as for its stellar collection of modern and contemporary art – and once you catch a glimpse of the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Guggenheim, you’ll understand why. Drawing inspiration from nature, Wright created a building in the form of an inverted ziggurat, a winding, pyramidlike temple with origins in Babylonia. The bold result is not only eye-catching, but offers museum-goers a whole new way of exploring the collection held within. Upon entering, visitors head straight to the top via elevator, and then wind their way down, walking along a continuous, downward ramp, perusing the collection along the way. Although it might be hard to outshine the building, the Guggenheim’s superb permanent collection and daring temporary exhibits more than hold their own. The Kandinsky Gallery showcases a wide range of Vasily Kandinsky’s abstract works, while the Thannhauser Collection includes 32 works by Picasso, along with Vincent van Gogh’s Mountains at Saint-Rémy. Perhaps best of all, the Guggenheim sits only a few blocks from Central Park, so once you’ve had your fill of art, you can stroll the verdant pathways of the park, enjoying the very nature that inspired Lloyd-Wright’s architecture.
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