New York, United States

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum opened in 1959 on New York's Fifth Avenue in Frank Lloyd Wright's last major commission, a spiraling reinforced-concrete rotunda that descends past a single continuous ramp of galleries. Founded by industrialist Solomon R. Guggenheim and his adviser Hilla Rebay to house "non-objective" painting, the museum holds one of the world's most important collections of early modern art — including major works by Kandinsky, Picasso, Brancusi, and the Thannhauser Collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist painting — alongside an ambitious contemporary program.

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, often referred to as The Guggenheim, is an art museum at 1071 Fifth Avenue between 88th and 89th Streets on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. It hosts a permanent collection of Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, early Modern and contemporary art and also features special exhibitions throughout the year. It was established by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation in 1939 as the Museum of Non-Objective Painting, under the guidance of its first director, Hilla von Rebay. The museum adopted its current name in 1952, three years after the death of its founder Solomon R. Guggenheim. It continues to be operated and owned by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation. Source: Wikipedia