Summer 2017 Public Programs at the Guggenheim Museum The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum presents the following public programs and film series from the Sackler Center for Arts Education in conjunction with the exhibitions Visionaries: Creating a Modern Guggenheim, The Hugo Boss Prize 2016: Anicka Yi, Life Is Cheap, and Mystical Symbolism: The Salon de la Rose+Croix in Paris, 1892–1897, as well as special programming on the occasion of the 150th birthday of Frank Lloyd Wright, and extended hours on Tuesdays during the summer season. SUMMER TUESDAY EXTENDED HOURS Tuesdays, June 20–August 29, 5:45–9 pm The Guggenheim Museum is open late on Tuesdays this summer. Engage with exhibitions on view during extended gallery hours to 9 pm, as well as other special programming. Enjoy small plates in our newly renovated Cafe 3 and a cash bar in the rotunda. 150TH BIRTHDAY OF FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT The Guggenheim Museum celebrates the 150th birthday of Frank Lloyd Wright, the architect of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, throughout the month of June with a range of activities, including architecture-specific tours of the museum and family programs. The Guggenheim Store will also feature new Wright-related merchandise. Architecture Tours Sundays, June 4–25, 2 pm Join a museum educator trained in art, art history, and gallery teaching for a guided exploration of Frank Lloyd Wright’s iconic museum building. Free with museum admission. Meet on the Rotunda floor. No registration is required. For more information, visit guggenheim.org/flw150. Frank Lloyd Wright’s 150th Birthday Celebration Thursday, June 8, 10 am–5:45 pm Celebrate the 150th anniversary of Wright’s birth through a series of activities related to the architect’s masterwork: the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. The celebration kicks off on Thursday, June 8—
Wright’s 150th birthday—with a special reduced admission fee of $1.50. Guggenheim’s newly renovated Cafe 3 will feature large-scale, rarely seen photographs of the museum during its construction and will add a special birthday cupcake to the day’s menu. An actor-historian portraying Frank Lloyd Wright will be on-site engaging with visitors between 9 am and 1 pm. For more information, visit guggenheim.org/flw150. Curator’s Eye Tour of the Guggenheim Thursday, June 8, 12–1 pm Join Ashley Mendelsohn, Curatorial Assistant, Architecture & Digital Initiatives, for a focused tour of one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s most celebrated buildings, the Guggenheim Museum, on the occasion of the architect’s 150th birthday. Free with museum admission. Meet at the Information desk. No RSVP required. For more information, visit guggenheim.org/flw150. Drawing the Guggenheim Saturday, June 10, 10 am–1 pm Develop a deeper understanding of the Guggenheim’s architecture with a workshop that uses drawing to study Frank Lloyd Wright’s design. After a slideshow presentation and tour, participants draw from various perspectives as a way of seeing the Guggenheim more deeply, and then reflect on their discoveries together. No drawing experience is required. $25 to participate (includes museum admission and materials). The workshop is limited to twenty participants. For more information, visit guggenheim.org/flw150. Second Sunday Family Tour: Frank Lloyd Wright’s 150th Birthday Celebration Sunday, June 11, 10:30 am–12 pm Families with children ages five and up This family-oriented exploration of the Wright–designed Guggenheim Museum incorporates conversation and creative, hands-on gallery activities. It is part of the ongoing series Second Sunday Family Tours, which occurs on the second Sunday of every month. $20 per family (includes museum admission and tour for two adults and up to four children), $15 members, free for Family and Kids Club members, and Cool Culture families. Registration required at guggenheim.org/flw150. Little Guggs: Frank Lloyd Wright Summer Celebration Wednesday, June 14, 11 am–12 pm Caregivers with children ages 2–4 Designed for little art lovers and their parents and guardians, this program focuses on Frank Lloyd Wright and his design for the Guggenheim. After a short story, children and their caregivers will explore the interior of the building then make works of art inspired by the tour in the studio.
$30 per family (includes museum admission, materials, and snacks), $15 members. For more information, or to register, visit guggenheim.org/flw150. Frank Lloyd Wright 150 Family Tour and Studio Workshop Sunday, June 25, 10:30 am–12:30 pm For families with children eight and up Join a museum educator for an exploration of the museum’s Frank Lloyd Wright–designed building, followed by a special architecture and construction workshop. $30 per family (includes admission, workshop materials, and tour for two adults and up to four children); $20 members; free for Family Members, Kids Club Members, and Cool Culture families. For more information, or to register, visit guggenheim.org/flw150. VISIONARIES PROGRAMS For more information and the latest offered programs, visit guggenheim.org/calendar. Eye to Eye: Julia Dault Tuesday, May 23, 6:30 pm Contemporary artist Julia Dault leads a session in our Eye to Eye series, a sequence of intimate, artist-led gallery tours of Visionaries. In this after-hours conversation, she reflects on select works in the exhibition while sharing perspectives on her own creative process. A reception follows the tour. $25, $20 members, $12 students. For more information, visit guggenheim.org/calendar. Collection in Focus Select Wednesdays, May 31, June 14, July 12, 12 pm Join a curator and conservator in the galleries for an in-depth discussion of topics including new historical research and scientific conservation studies and analyses. May 31: Pablo Picasso’s Woman Ironing (1904) Megan Fontanella, Curator, Collections and Provenance, and Julie Barten, Senior Conservator, Collections and Exhibitions June 14: Alexander Calder’s Red Lily Pads (1956) Tracy Bashkoff, Senior Curator, Collections and Exhibitions, and Nathan Otterson, Senior Conservator, Objects July 12: Works on paper by Paul Klee Megan Fontanella, Curator, Collections and Provenance, and Jeffrey Warda, Conservator, Paper and Photographs Free with museum admission. Limited seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Tours meet at the Information desk. For more information, visit guggenheim.org/calendar.
Lucy Raven: Subterrestrial Cinema Tuesday, July 18, 6:30 pm In this new live work, collection artist Lucy Raven presents a journey into a truly underground cinema. Staged in the Guggenheim’s Peter B. Lewis Theater, Raven’s piece weaves animations and other materials from the museum’s archives together with new text, films, and sound, creating an alternate prehistory of cinema that links science fiction, effects technology, and nonobjective film. Audience members are invited to enjoy the museum’s extended hours following the program. $15, $10 members, $10 students. For more information, visit guggenheim.org/calendar. One Hour, One Object Tours Wednesdays through September 6, 2pm Join a museum educator trained in art, art history, and gallery teaching to spend an hour focusing in detail on one work of art through conversation and close looking. Free with museum admission. Meet on the Rotunda floor. No registration is required. For more information, visit guggenheim.org/calendar. Visionaries: Creating a Modern Guggenheim is made possible by Lavazza. Major support is provided by Bank of America. The Leadership Committee for Visionaries: Creating a Modern Guggenheim is gratefully acknowledged for its generosity, with special thanks to Trustee Chairs Denise Saul and John Wilmerding, Stefan Edlis and Gael Neeson, Bill and Donna Acquavella, Rowland Weinstein, Arnhold Foundation, Peter B. Brandt, Dorothy and Sidney Kohl, Mnuchin Gallery, Elizabeth R. Rea in honor of Michael M. Rea, Lyn M. Ross, Elliot and Nancy Wolk, and those who wish to remain anonymous. Funding is also provided by the William Talbott Hillman Foundation. THE HUGO BOSS PRIZE 2016: ANICKA YI, LIFE IS CHEAP PROGRAM Conversations with Contemporary Artists: An Evening with Anicka Yi Tuesday, June 27, 6:30 pm Anicka Yi joins a panel of interlocutors including art historian Caroline A. Jones and author Jeff VanderMeer. The panelists reflect on topics of shared interest, including “biofiction,” technology, and politics, in an interdisciplinary discussion organized in conjunction with The Hugo Boss Prize 2016: Anicka Yi, Life Is Cheap. Audience members are invited to enjoy the museum’s extended hours following the program. $15, $10 members, students free with RSVP. For more information, visit guggenheim.org/calendar.
This program is part of the Elaine Terner Cooper Education Fund Conversations with Contemporary Artists series. The Hugo Boss Prize 2016: Anicka Yi, Life Is Cheap is made possible by HUGO BOSS. LENKA CLAYTON AND JON RUBIN: . . . CIRCLE THROUGH NEW YORK PROGRAM Open House Day Saturday, May 20, 11 am–5 pm All six . . . circle through New York locations extend their hours and host special events throughout the day. Appear on a Punjabi TV show, teach Pinkie the parrot new words, and bring your dog to the South Bronx to hear the oldest song in the world. At the Guggenheim from 12 to 3 pm, a drama class from the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts presents site-specific performances developed during a May residency at the museum. Free with admission. For more information, visit CircleThroughNewYork.com. . . . circle through New York has been commissioned as part of Guggenheim Social Practice, an initiative made possible by a grant from the Edmond de Rothschild Foundations. MYSTICAL SYMBOLISM PROGRAM Vexations Tuesday–Wednesday, September 26-27, 7 pm–1 pm This durational concert presents Erik Satie’s Vexations (1893). Satie composed this iconic piece on the heels of breaking off his involvement with the Salon de la Rose+Croix. It is unknown whether Satie intended for the work to be played or if it were simply a sort of jest directed at the esoteric excesses of Joséphin Péladan, the founder of the Salon. But the unlikely piece attracted the attention of John Cage, who first staged it. Cage organized a concert in New York in 1963 featuring contemporary musicians such as John Cale, James Tenney, David Tudor, and Christian Wolff. Observing one of Satie’s “instructions” literally, the score was repeated 840 times (the performance lasted almost 19 hours), in an unprecedented serial undertaking that echoed the Minimalist and Conceptual concerns of the 1960s. More than 50 years later, the Guggenheim will once again present Vexations to a New York audience. Ticketing information announced in June. For more information, visit guggenheim.org/calendar. Furniture in Mystical Symbolism: The Salon de la Rose+Croix in Paris, 1892–1897 courtesy of Roche Bobois. Additional support provided by the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia. FILM PROGRAM
The Future That Is upon Us Tuesdays, August 1–22, 3 and 6 pm This selection of shorts, artist films, music videos, animations, and feature-length presentations explores how the artistic techniques employed and the ideas grappled with by artists whose work is on view in Visionaries are still at play on present-day screens. Historic cinema screened during the day is paired with work by contemporary filmmakers in the evening, responding to different themes each week. August 1: Film Concerts, Exploring Abstraction in Motion August 8: Surreal Screenings, Oneiric Revolutions Against Reality August 15: Synthetic Moving Images, Assembling a Set for a Fairy Tale August 22: Alt-Progress, Embodied Anxiety Screenings take place in the New Media Theater, Lower Level, and are free with admission. Full schedule announced in June. For more information, visit guggenheim.org/filmscreenings. ART AFTER DARK Friday, July 7, 9 pm–midnight; Exclusive Members’ Hour: 8–9 pm An after-hours private viewing of current exhibitions, including Visionaries and Mystical Symbolism, that features a cash bar and live musical entertainment. Free for members, $25 general admission. Purchase tickets online in advance or become a member. Cash bar serves wine and beer. Guests will be asked for a photo ID. Limited general admission tickets will go on sale closer to the event date. No tickets are sold at the door. For more information, visit guggenheim.org/artafterdark. Art After Dark is supported in part by SHOWTIME®. MIND’S EYE TOURS Select Mondays, 6:30 pm and Select Wednesdays, 2 pm Monthly Mind’s Eye tours and workshops for visitors who are blind or have low vision are conducted by arts and education professionals through verbal description, conversation, sensory experiences, and creative practice. Wednesday, May 10, 2 pm: The Hugo Boss Prize 2016: Anicka Yi, Life Is Cheap Monday, June 12, 6:30 pm: Frank Lloyd Wright and the Guggenheim Wednesday, July 19, 2 pm: Visionaries: Creating a Modern Guggenheim Monday, August 7, 6:30 pm: Visionaries: Creating a Modern Guggenheim Wednesday, September 13, 2 pm: Mystical Symbolism: The Salon de la Rose+Croix in Paris, 1892–1897
Free. RSVP required one week prior to program date. To RSVP or for more information, visit guggenheim.org/mindseye. CURATOR’S EYE TOURS Select Wednesdays, 12pm Curator’s Eye programs provide an opportunity for visitors to explore the museum’s exhibitions, collections, and architecture on a tour led by a Guggenheim curator or conservator with expert knowledge of the work on view. June 28: The Hugo Boss Prize 2016: Anicka Yi, Life Is Cheap with Susan Thompson, Assistant Curator July 19: Mystical Symbolism: The Salon de la Rose+Croix in Paris, 1892–1897 with Ylinka Barotto, Curatorial Assistant August 23: Mystical Symbolism: The Salon de la Rose+Croix in Paris, 1892–1897 with Vivien Greene, Senior Curator, 19th- and Early 20th-Century Art The Sackler Center for Arts Education is a gift of the Mortimer D. Sackler Family. Endowment funding is provided by The Engelberg Foundation, the William Randolph Hearst Foundation, The Elaine Terner Cooper Foundation, and the Esther Simon Charitable Trust. Educational activities and/or public programs are made possible in part by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, Stavros Niarchos Foundation, The Edmond de Rothschild Foundation, The Hilla von Rebay Foundation, and The Seth Sprague Educational and Charitable Foundation. Funding is also provided by The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation; the Windgate Charitable Foundation; the Sidney E. Frank Foundation; Guggenheim Partners, LLC; the Rose M. Badgeley Residuary Charitable Trust; Dorothy and Elihu Modlin; and The Barker Welfare Foundation. Additional support from Con Edison; the Gap Foundation; Katherine and Peter Kend; the Jane A. Lehman and Alan G. Lehman Foundation; the Milton & Sally Avery Arts Foundation, Inc.; Jamie Johnson and William S. Dutterer; The Robert & Toni Bader Charitable Foundation; the Henry E. Niles Foundation, Inc.; and the Metzger-Price Fund, Inc. is gratefully acknowledged. The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation thanks the members of the Education Committee for their support. About the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation Founded in 1937, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation is dedicated to promoting the understanding and appreciation of art, primarily of the modern and contemporary periods, through
exhibitions, education programs, research initiatives, and publications. The Guggenheim network that began in the 1970s when the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, was joined by the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, has since expanded to include the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (opened 1997), and the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi (currently in development). The Guggenheim Foundation continues to forge international collaborations that celebrate contemporary art, architecture, and design within and beyond the walls of the museum, including the Guggenheim UBS MAP Global Art Initiative and The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Chinese Art Initiative. More information about the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation can be found at guggenheim.org. VISITOR INFORMATION Admission: Adults $25, students/seniors (65+) $18, members and children under 12 free. The Guggenheim’s free app, available with admission or by download to personal devices, offers an enhanced visitor experience. The app features rich multimedia content on special exhibitions, the Guggenheim’s landmark building, and artworks in the museum’s permanent collection. Verbal Description guides for select exhibitions are also included for visitors who are blind or have low vision. The Guggenheim app is supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies. Museum Hours: Sun-Wed 10 am–5:45 pm, Fri 10 am–5:45 pm, Sat 10 am–7:45 pm, closed Thurs. On Saturdays, beginning at 5:45 pm, the museum hosts Pay What You Wish. From June 20–August 29, the museum is open until 9 pm on Tuesdays. For general information, call 212 423 3500 or visit the museum online at guggenheim.org. guggenheim.org/social #GuggSummer #GuggVisionaries #HBP16 #MysticalSymbolism For publicity images, visit guggenheim.org/pressimages. Password: presspass #1483 May 2, 2017 FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, CONTACT: May Yeung, Publicist Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum 212 423 3840 [email protected]
