The Guggenheim Museum will have some special exhibits thru the summer until mid- September highlighting art from their permanent collections.
“New York In the 1940s”
European artists escaping the turmoil of World War II came to New York during the ‘40s to work and exhibit. A lot of their paintings, some in the Surrealist style, were collected by the Guggenheim and are shown here.
“Thannhauser Collection”
The vast art collection of Justin Thannhauser, son of an art dealer, was acquired by the Guggenheim and includes works by Cezanne, Manet, Monet, Picasso, Renoir and more.
“Vasily Kandinsky: Beginnings”
Guggenheim started to collect Kandinskys paintings and water colors in 1929. Those will be on display along with samples of the artists graphic arts and print making styles.
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1071 5th Avenue, 89th Street, NYC
(Images : Adolph Gottlieb, “The Sea Chest, 1942 and Vasily Kandinsky, “Composition VII”, 1913)