Guggenheim Fellows

about trying to get across a set of ideas about how we inhabit space. Two of the most famous architects of the twentieth century, one from each side, the early part and the later part up until today each designed a museum with money donated by the Guggenheim foundation. One of these is in New York City, it was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. The other is in bilbao, Spain, and it was designed by Frank Geary. My purpose of this paper is to interrogate each of these buildings, glorious for different

The Museum of Modern Art and its Impact on Museum Architecture During the early part of the twentieth century, the architecture of art museums shifted in the United States. As the role and purpose of museums changed with the times, so did the buildings that housed the artwork. Architects designed specific museum sites as opposed to converting royal palaces. While some museums take inspiration from other successful museums, others break the mold and become the new standard. The Louvre in Paris

Explain the differences between the Hayward gallery (1968) and its South Bank neighbour, the Royal Festival Hall (1951) in terms of their planning and finishing and in the different ways they relate to their urban context. 
 While there are many similarities between the Hayward Gallery and Royal Festival Hall, there also are a number of differences in terms of planning and finishing in relation to urban context. Higgs and Hill built the Hayward Gallery, which opened on The 9th of July. It is an art

From Euclid Avenue to the east, visitors will enjoy the various buildings in Cleveland. From the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to the Tower City, to the University Circle, where there are many of amazing museums. No matter the famous Cleveland museum of art or Natural History Museum. The Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, is undoubtedly a unique one. During the day, pedestrians and passersby see themselves reflected in the surface. As dusk sets in the building 's interior reveals itself and guests

The purpose of this essay is to examine the controversial topic of the white cube and how the artists try to go over this fixed model. The first part of the essay is focused on the description of the model of the white cube and how it starts to be the ideally model for the art exhibition. Far away from the previous conception of the exhibition where the Salon Model was predominant. Nevertheless it starts to be clear that this model is not perfect: directly connected with the business of the art and

For nearly 80 years, visitors to a New York art museum called the Frick Collection have stood behind a velvet rope at the bottom of a sweeping marble staircase and longed to see the private rooms upstairs. By 2020, they will be able to satisfy their curiosity. That’s because Henry Clay Frick’s three-story mansion in New York City, which opened as a museum in 1935, is going to turn private living quarters into exhibition space and expand with a 42,000-square-foot addition. Two of the Frick family’s

creates shallow space, and not distract the viewer. The color pallet consists of the muted primary colors of blue, red, and yellow. Franz Marc always associated color to certain meanings, and his approach to color theory is stated in a letter written to fellow artist August Macke which says “Blue is the male principle, astringent and spiritual. Yellow is the female principle, gentle, gay and spiritual. Red is matter, brutal and heavy and always the color to be opposed and overcome by the other two” (Marc)

the contrasts of two very important art galleries built 9 years apart. The Guggenheim, 1943-59, was built solely for Solomon R, Guggenheim to exhibit his collection of both modern and contemporary art from around the world. This building in New York was said to be one of the architect’s most important public projects , the architect being Frank Lloyd Wright. The building that will be put into contrast with the Guggenheim is the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin, 1962-68. Mies Van der Rohe was asked

Solomon R. Guggenheim desired a place to hold his four year old museum of Non-Objective Paintings. He enlisted Frank Lloyd Wright to artistically create a unique dwelling place for his preciously prized work. Wright didn’t agree with Guggenheim’s vision for the desired city location. Guggenheim won the battle and began to purchase appropriate land plots on Fifth Avenue to ensure the best natural light source and perfect city backdrop for his art museum. It took 16 years (1943-1959) for the design

being very oval in shape and funny looking. They are made of caster or metal and his sculptures are always doing some activity or motion. His beautiful artworks are now displayed in many institutions around the country being Brooklyn Museum, the Guggenheim Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Museum of Modern Art. Otterness has even been named the ‘best public art’ sculpture for his works. He gained this reputation through making numerous public sculptures of human beings or animal figures