The definitive guide to the Guggenheim's tremendous collection, now
revised and expanded
Revised, updated and completely redesigned, the fourth edition of the
Guggenheim Museum's popular guide to its New York collection is a
beautifully produced volume, not only a handy overview of the museum's
holdings but also a concise, engaging primer on the art of the late 19th
through the early 21st centuries.
Organized alphabetically, the book consists of entries on more than 170
of the most important paintings, sculptures, photographs, videos,
site-specific installations and other works in the collection by artists
from Marina Abramovic to Maurizio Cattelan to Julie Mehretu to Gilberto
Zorio. Also included are definitions of key terms and concepts of modern
art, from "Appropriation" to "Nonobjective" to "Postcolonial" and
beyond.
The Guggenheim Museum collection is beloved for this wealth of
masterpieces by leading modern artists, such as Marc Chagall, Vasily
Kandinsky and Pablo Picasso. Reflecting the recent growth in the
collection, this edition of the guide includes new entries on Romare
Bearden, Tacita Dean, Cao Fei, David Hammons, Catherine Opie and Adrian
Piper, among scores of others. The text is by the museum's curators as
well as prominent authors and scholars, including Homi Bhabha, Thomas
Crow, Nikki Greene and Jeffrey Schnapp.
