Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright as an “inverted ziggurat” – an upside-down, pyramid-like rounded spiral of floors – the Guggenheim Museum simultaneously serves as a masterpiece of contemporary art and towering home to others, tangible and ephemeral. On our visit, spiraling LED panels circulated Jenny Holzer’s Truisms and Inflammatory Essays across the entire center of the space, as other pieces spotlighted presidential tweets, the rise of AI systems, and more. Contemporary pieces in other galleries explored materials in motion (including a motorcycle with bull horns racing across the wall) and a look into a colonoscopy camera disguised as a dinner table; a small Thannhauser collection features works from Picasso, van Gogh, Degas, and Manet. Along with MoMA, we consider this to be another must-see NYC gallery, especially for socially provocative and thoughtful subject matter.
Guggenheim Museum – NYC
Frank Lloyd Wright on the outside, numerous masterpieces inside
