Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Modern art museum · Upper East Side ·
Iconic Frank Lloyd Wright building housing modern & contemporary art
Iconic Frank Lloyd Wright building housing modern & contemporary art
"Walking the Guggenheim’s rotunda I encountered Rashid Johnson: A Poem for Deep Thinkers—about 90 works including black-soap paintings, large-scale sculptures, and film installations (on view through January 18, 2026)—alongside Collection in Focus: Modern European Currents (featuring Franz Marc and Natalia Goncharova) on view through March, Gabriele Münter: Contours of a World (opening November 7) with 50 paintings and 19 photographs from her extended U.S. stay in 1898–1900 across three tower galleries, and Robert Rauschenberg: Life Can’t Be Stopped, which gathers over a dozen of the artist’s enormous, energetic works in celebration of his centenary." - Charlie Hobbs
"This radical departure from typical museum layouts is itself a piece of art: a circular concrete structure that stands in stark contrast to its surroundings, with a spiral ramp encircling an open, daylight-flooded interior beneath a glass dome. Frank Lloyd Wright designed the icon that houses Solomon R. Guggenheim’s modern art collection—Kandinsky, Picasso, Klee, Miró, and more—alongside a hearty rotation of temporary exhibitions." - Charlie Hobbs, Andrea Whittle
"Glide up the Frank Lloyd Wright–designed spiral ramp in Street View-style to view works spanning Impressionism through postwar movements—featuring artists like Cézanne, Kandinsky, and Picasso—while linked online exhibits provide thematic context for the collection without the usual crowds." - Andrea Romano Andrea Romano Andrea Romano is a writer and editor in New York City. For the last eight years, she has been a lifestyle journalist for Mashable, Brit+Co, Reviewed, Bustle, and Travel + Leisure. Travel + Leisure Editorial Guidelines
"We got married at the Guggenheim amidst all the Kandinskys during the greatest hits exhibition." - Edward Barsamian
"Just off the park, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum has such unique architecture, and I’m always amazed by the natural light that comes from the dome along with the circular ramp." - Nancy DePalma