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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Hours of Operation
- Open Sat. - Wed., 10:00 a.m. - 5:45 p.m.; Fri. 10:00 a.m. - 7:45 p.m.; Closed Thurs.
1071 5th Ave
Manhattan, NY 10128
Manhattan, NY 10128
Description
The Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum was originally built as a place where the works of modernist avant-garde artists could be showcased. Today, the museum has altered its mission and displays important contemporary artists working in all genres and mediums. Its spiraling int...
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Updated 07/25/2009
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"Mean reds." "Timber!" "Bye cat!" "There you are, you sneak!" If you aren't already familiar with those lines, add "Breakfast at Tiffany's" to your Netflix queue asap. Although Truman Capote wanted Marilyn Monroe for the part, the movie studios obvious...
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Updated 09/09/2008
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Woody Allen has crafted a brilliant career at being a self-loathing, quasi-intellectual mensch. For over forty years, he has been making movies in New York, about New York, with very few apologies to anyone who doesn't live here. Some of us consider hi...
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The Guggenheim is every modern art lover’s dream. Take a date there and muse on abstract expressionism. Question the aesthetic detail in the work of Frank Gehry. Complain about why the museum’s restaurant serves only Italian espresso. Did you know that the Italians were allied with the Germans during World War II? And who did the Germans obliterate? The Jews. Pure anti-Semitism – and now I’m supposed to appreciate art? Why don’t we just get on a plane and fly to Vietnam; ask them what they think of the new Rolling Stones record. Why are you laughing? Oh, you think this is hilarious?
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Updated 07/18/2009
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There's a lot to be overwhelmed by in the Big Apple--the smell of hot garbage, the endless sound of car horns, the sheer number of people--and hopefully one of them is also the architecture. The buildings! The landmarks! The sights (and sites) that mak...
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Rarely does the outside of a museum strike you as much, or more than what’s actually inside, but Frank Lloyd Wright’s cultural masterpiece most definitely does. Its “cylindrical stack” design is a far cry from the the common boxy museum found everywhere.
The design is really conducive to the museum experience in that, you aren’t climbing steps each time you get to another floor, but rather following the winding shape around and around till you get to the top.
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Updated 03/29/2009
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Goody Two-Shoes need not read on! (Did you know that moniker is based on a story from the 1700s?) Everyone lies, or if you prefer the euphemism "twists the truth," there ya go. Did you lie on your college application? Your resume? To your significant o...
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Although this was not the site of my “free” walking about, I suggest the Guggenheim for your sneaky cultural pursuits. Why? Because it’s a grown-up museum (everyone is running about being silly in children’s museums), there is modern art on the walls (those Crayola colors are inspiring!) and the circular spiral design of the building is perfect for sauntering and dilly-dallying. It would probably be pretty exhilarating to run away from security by going around in circles 6 times!