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Guggenheim Museum, officially Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, major museum of modern art in New York City. Founded in 1939 as the Museum of Non-objective Art, the Guggenheim is known for its remarkable circular building (1959) designed by Frank Lloyd Wright Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867–1959, American architect, b. Richland Center, Wis. Wright is widely considered the greatest American architect. After studying civil engineering at the Univ. ..... Click the link for more information. . It holds major exhibitions of the works of contemporary artists. Its permanent collection includes, among many modern works, numerous pieces by Brancusi Brancusi, Constantin (bränky  `zē, Rom...... Click the link for more information. and Kandinsky Kandinsky, Wassily or Vasily (kăndĭn`skē, Rus. ..... Click the link for more information. . In 1992 the Guggenheim opened a 10-story limestone addition in the rear of its original structure and also began operating a branch in the city's SoHo district. The museum is part of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, which also controls the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice. The gigantic, spectacularly curving, titanium-sheathed Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, designed by Frank Gehry Gehry, Frank Owen (gĕr`ē), 1929–, American architect, b. Toronto, Canada as Frank Owen Goldberg. ..... Click the link for more information. and inaugurated in 1997, is also under its aegis. That same year the foundation also opened a much smaller Berlin branch. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| In addition to the Morgan Library, notable projects include the Exterior Restoration of the Guggenheim Museum at 1071 Fifth Avenue, The Lycee Francais de New York, Bear Stearns Corporate Headquarters Executive and Specialty Floors, Complete Renovation of 130 East 59th Street at Lexington Avenue, The Offices of Major League Baseball, as well as numerous projects in the Times Square Area including the New 42 Studio Building, Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum and 1 Times Square. 15-June 19 du Grand Palais, Paris SPAIN Russial Guggenheim Museum Mar. New York's Guggenheim Foundation and the city of Rio de Janeiro are embarking on an ambitious and highly controversial U$$170 million project to build a Guggenheim museum on the Maua Pier in Guanabara Bay. |
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