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  Open House, May 5 & 6

  Posted: 26-April-2012, 5:29pm EDT

  

  The theme for this year?s National Preservation Month is ?Discover America's Hidden Gems,? and we invite you to discover or rediscover the Guggenheim, one of New York City?s most beloved landmarks, by joining us during Partners In Preservation?s Open House Weekend on May 5 and 6. Free architecture tours and Family Architecture Activity Guides will be provided with admission. ?Pay What You Wish? admission is offered on May 5, 5:45?7:45 pm.
  
  

  Saturday, May 5

  Museum Educator Tour, Architecture, 11 am
  Museum Educator Tour, Architecture, 1 pm
  Museum Educator Tour, Architecture, ASL-interpreted, 3 pm
  Verbal Imaging and Touch Tour for visitors who are partially sighted or blind, Architecture, 3 pm
  ?Pay What You Wish? admission, 5:45?7:45 pm
  Architecture Family Activity Guides available at the Information Desk

  Sunday, May 6

  Museum Educator Tour, Architecture, 11 am
  Museum Educator Tour, Architecture, 1 pm
  Museum Educator Tour, Architecture, ASL-interpreted, 3 pm
  Verbal Imaging and Touch Tour for visitors who are partially sighted or blind, Architecture, 3 pm
  Just Drop In!, 1?4 pm (will incorporate architecture-related activities)
  Architecture Family Activity Guides available at the Information Desk

  RSVP on Facebook.
  
  

  Photo: David Heald © Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York

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  Vote Daily to Restore the Frank Lloyd Wright Doors

  Posted: 26-April-2012, 6:12pm EDT

  

  Help the Guggenheim secure a Partners in Preservation grant that will provide the crucial funds to restore the museum's revolving doors and surrounding detail to Frank Lloyd Wright?s original design.

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  Guggenheim Online Forum Asks: What Makes a Name "Good"?

  Posted: 23-April-2012, 4:49pm EDT

  

  Join experts from branding giant Wolff Olins, The Boston Globe, and the University of Louisville to discuss what goes into a good name or title as part of our exhibition John Chamberlain: Choices.

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  BMW Guggenheim Lab Website Nominated for a Webby Award

  Posted: 19-April-2012, 5:21pm EDT

  

  Two Guggenheim projects have been recognized by the Webby Awards, a global award honoring excellence on the Internet.

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  Guggenheim Projects Receive Webby Award Honors

  Posted: 19-April-2012, 5:21pm EDT

  

  Two Guggenheim projects have been recognized by the Webby Awards, a global award honoring excellence on the Internet.

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  Announcing Guggenheim UBS MAP Global Art Initiative

  Posted: 12-April-2012, 3:25pm EDT

  

  The Guggenheim UBS MAP Global Art Initiative will highlight art and artists from diverse global regions through cross-cultural exhibitions, residencies, and education programs.

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  June Yap

  Posted: 12-April-2012, 3:27pm EDT

  Guggenheim UBS MAP Curator, South and Southeast Asia

  Guggenheim curator from 2012 to 2014

  June Yap was selected by a committee of five esteemed experts in South and Southeast Asian art as the Curator of Guggenheim UBS MAP Global Art Initiative in spring of 2012. She is currently in a two-year residency at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. Yap is actively curating the first exhibition in the initiative, No Country: Contemporary Art for South and Southeast Asia, which focuses on the artistic practices and cultural traditions of South and Southeast Asia. The first exhibition will travel to two other venues, one of which will be in the region, following the opening exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum in New York on February 22, 2013.

  Based in Singapore and currently in New York for her residency, Yap has been an independent curator since 2008. Most recently she organized an exhibition of the work of Ho Tzu Nyen for the Singapore Pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 2011. In 2010, Yap curated You and I, We?ve Never Been so Far Apart: Works From Asia for the Center for Contemporary Art in Tel Aviv for the International Video Art Biennial.

  Prior to 2008, Yap worked in the curatorial departments of the Institute of Contemporary Arts in Singapore and the Singapore Art Museum. She has organized exhibitions in Italy, Germany, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Singapore. Projects include Interrupt (2003), Twilight Tomorrow (2004), Seni: Singapore 2004, and Art & the Contemporary (2004) at the Singapore Art Museum; The Second Dance Song: New Contemporaries (2006) and The Future of Exhibition: It Feels Like I?ve Been Here Before (2010) at the Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore; and Bound for Glory (2008) at the National University of Singapore Museum. Yap is the author of numerous exhibition catalogues and essays, and has conducted curatorial workshops in Singapore, South Korea, and Hong Kong.

  Yap is also currently a PhD candidate in the Cultural Studies in Asia program at the National University of Singapore. She holds a MA in fine art (art history) from the University of Melbourne, as well as BA from the National University of Singapore in philosophy and sociology.

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  Live Twitter Q&A with Curator Susan Davidson

  Posted: 9-April-2012, 11:55pm EDT

  [View the story "Twitter Interview with Susan Davidson" on Storify]
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  Art After Dark

  Posted: 3-April-2012, 11:20pm EDT

  

  ART AFTER DARK
  Friday, July 13, 9 pm?midnight
  FREE for members*
  $18 guests and general public (credit card only at the door)
  Cash bar
  5th Ave at 89th St
  Proudly supported by Beck's

  Art After Dark is a series of seasonal events at the Guggenheim Museum for members and their guests, centered around a special exhibition or program at the museum. Once the general public has left for the day, the museum?s landmark building will fill with the sounds of guests enjoying the exhibitions and a cash bar against the background of an artist- or curator-selected playlist.
  
  In celebration of the exhibition Art of Another Kind: International Abstraction and the Guggenheim, 1949?1960, the next Art After Dark event will take place from 9 pm?midnight on Friday, July 13.
  
  *Please note that Individual members are admitted for free to Art After Dark. A total of two people may enter for free on each membership at the Dual level and above. There will be a special entrance for members. Please note that Corporate members are not granted free admission unless the individual is in possession of a Corporate Courtesy Card. For more information, contact the Membership Department at 212 423 3535.
  
  View the Art After Dark group pool on Flickr.

  
  Playlist for March 16
  1. "Die By The Drop," The Dead Weather
  2. "Lose Your Soul," Dead Man?s Bones
  3. "Gravity Rides Everything," Modest Mouse
  4. "Repetition," Tv On The Radio
  5. "Rolling In The Deep (Jamie xx Remix) Ft. Childish Gambino," Adele
  6. "Love Lockdown," Kanye West
  7. "Bulletproof," La Roux
  8. "Don?t Stop ?Til You Get Enough," Michael Jackson
  9. "Yeah Ft. Lil Jon And Ludacris, Usher
  10. "Swagga Like Us Ft. Jay-Z, Kanye West, And Lil Wayne," T.I.
  11. "The Thrill (Empire Of The Sun Sample)," Wiz Khalifa
  12. "Ignition Ft. Twista," R. Kelly
  13. "Turn Me On," Kevin Lyttle
  14. "Mystery Train," Fur Cups For Teeth
  15. "How Will I Know," Whitney Houston
  16. "Bruises," Chairlift
  17. "Apartment Story," The National
  18. "All The Old Showstoppers," The New Pornographers
  19. "I?m Not Calling You A Liar," Florence + The Machine
  20. "A Thread Cut With A Carving Knife," Stars
  21. "We?ve Got Your Back," Los Campesinos!
  22. "Life In Marvelous Times," Mos Def
  23. "Fuel," Ani Difranco
  24. "Satisfaction (I Can?t Get No)," Pj Harvey And Björk
  25. "The Courtesan Has Sung," Sunset Rubdown
  26. "Shoelaces," The Submarines
  27. "Crystalised," The xx
  28. "I?m On Fire," Bat For Lashes
  29. "With Just One Glance Ft. Scout Larue," Nicolas Jaar
  30. "Psychic City," Yacht
  31. "Get By (Remix)," Talib Kweli
  32. "Hell Yeah (Pimp The System)," Dead Prez
  33. "Boom!," The Roots
  34. "It?s Going Down," Blackalicious
  35. "Where I?m From," Digable Planets
  36. "Excursions," A Tribe Called Quest
  37. "Love Is A Battlefield," Thao & Mirah
  38. "Baby, I?m An Anarchist," Against Me!
  39. "Paint?s Peeling," Rilo Kiley
  40. "Las Cruces Jail," Two Gallants
  41. "King Of Carrot Flowers, Pts. 2 & 3," Neutral Milk Hotel
  42. "Soldier?s Grin," Wolf Parade
  43. "2080," Yeasayer
  44. "Brand New Colony," The Postal Service
  45. "The Fall," Peter And The Wolf
  46. "Nicest Thing," Kate Nash
  47. "Down In The Valley," The Head And The Heart
  48. "When We Fall," Phosphorescent
  49. "Umbrella (Acoustic)," Rihanna
  50. "Her Majesty," The Beatles

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  stillspotting nyc Launches Storytelling Tours in Queens

  Posted: 5-April-2012, 7:16pm EDT

  

  Transhistoria, the third edition of stillspotting nyc, launches storytelling tours of Jackson Heights, Queens, with tales by renowned poets, rappers, and writers.