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Opening Reception of The Hugo Boss Prize 2012: Danh Vo by Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum on Flickr.

The Alchemical Art Innovators of Postwar Japan

Murakami Saburo, “Passing Through” (1956). Performance view at the 2nd Gutai Art Exhibition, Ohara…

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Zarina’s Handmade Paper Prints at the Guggenheim

Zarina: Paper Like Skin installation view at the Guggenheim 

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Delve into the History of UAE Art at the Guggenheim

Mohammed Kazem, “Photographs with Flags” (1997 – 2003)

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Gabriel Orozco, “Watermelons and Cats” (1992) (Image courtesy Tate Museum)

Mexican artist Gabriel Orozco is a master of the appropriated object — throughout his career, he has turned mundane objects like pool tables, soccer balls, and yellow scooters into extraordinary sculptures. [Tomorrow] Tuesday, November 13 at 6:30 pm, he’s speaking with legendary art critic Benjamin Buchloh about his latest project at the Guggenheim museum. What makes Orozco’s work so great to me is that he manages to find the poetry hidden in just about anything.

(via Gabriel Orozco in Conversation With Benjamin Buchloh at the Guggenheim)

Hipsterspotting with MGMT & Cattelan at the Guggenheim

Hyperallergic rocks it in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, so naturally we felt compelled to review MGMT’s performance at the Guggenheim last night. The band, a staple of any Williamsburg playlist, performed in the rotunda of the museum as part of the 2011 Guggenheim International Gala to celebrate Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan’s blockbuster exhibition, All. The night was a glossy affair with art world insiders and rich board members and their entourages shmoozing and boozing under Cattelan’s epic sculpture web. As soon as I got to the party I had one question: where are all the hipsters at? READ MORE