October 27, 2008
As a special invitation to New Yorkers to celebrate the magnificent restoration of this Frank Lloyd Wright landmark, the Guggenheim Museum will open its doors for a day of free admission this Thursday from noon to 8 pm and will illuminate its facade with a specially commissioned work of art by Jenny Holzer, For the Guggenheim, which illuminates the building's exterior with large-scale texts from poems and the artist’s own writings, from dusk until 11 p.m.
We visited the Guggenheim during the recent Open House New York weekend to get an insider's view of the meticulous renovations. NYC.com will subsequently post a detailed photo essay showing behind-the-scenes restoration work. For now, visitors can enjoy the Museum’s newly restored exterior and fall exhibitions: theanyspacewhatever; Catherine Opie: American Photographer; Catherine Opie Selects: Pictures and Words; The Thannhauser Collection; and A Photo Tribute to the Life of Robert Rauschenberg. Audio tours will be available free of charge.
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Posted on 10/27/2008
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