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New Guggenheim Exhibit Revolves Around One Of Jean-Michel Basquiat's Most Political Paintings

The exhibit highlights 'a formative chapter in the artist’s career through the lens of his identity and the role of cultural activism in New York City during the early 1980s.'

Taylor Bryant

Arts & Entertainment

Photos: The Guggenheim's 'Artistic License' Sees Celebrated Contemporary Artists Plumbing The Museum's Archives

The Guggenheim asked contemporary artists Cai Guo-Qiang, Paul Chan, Jenny Holzer, Julie Mehretu, Richard Prince, and Carrie Mae Weems to curate the exhibition.

Paula Mejía

Arts & Entertainment

Metropolitan Museum Of Art Will No Longer Accept Gifts From The Sackler Family

The museum is part of a growing group of cultural institutions distancing themselves from the family, which has been linked to the opioid crisis.

Paula Mejía

Arts & Entertainment

The Guggenheim's Hilma af Klint Exhibition Was Their Most Visited EVER

So far 600,000 have visited, and they just extended the show.

Jen Carlson

Arts & Entertainment

UES Neighbors Fear Planned Residential Tower Will Enshroud Guggenheim In Shadows

Two residents are suing the Department of Buildings over development they say will compromise landmarked buildings.

Paula Mejía

Arts & Entertainment

Opioid Crisis Activists Protest Sackler Family Donations To Guggenheim, Met

Nan Goldin and her activist group, P.A.I.N. Sackler, are calling museums to sever ties with the pharmaceutical family that's had a hand in developing OxyContin.

Paula Mejía

Arts & Entertainment

Guggenheim Pulls Controversial Animal Exhibits Amid Growing Outrage And 'Threats Of Violence'

The Guggenheim Museum has pulled several controversial works from an upcoming survey of Chinese contemporary art, surrendering to an onslaught of protests and alleged threats stemming from the pieces' treatment of animals.

Jake Offenhartz

Arts & Entertainment

Frank Lloyd Wright's Enduring, Demolished, And Unrealized Contributions To NYC

A look at Frank Lloyd Wright's existing and demolished New York structures, as well as his plan to transform the East Village that never came to be.

Jake Offenhartz

News

Rowdy Brooklyn High School Allegedly Banned From Guggenheim

It's one thing for a few individuals to get kicked out of a place because of some childish shenanigans—it's another thing for an ENTIRE high school to be banned for life.

Ben Yakas

Arts & Entertainment

[UPDATED] Guggenheim Museum Effectively Shut Down By May Day Protesters

"It's been five years of inaction on the museum's part. Five years and nothing concrete has been done, except for the tarnishing of the museum's reputation."

Jessica Warriner

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