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The Guggenheim Museum – History and today

Lisa Dennison, Director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, walks us through the history of the Guggenheim museum from its beginning as a progressive collection of non-objective art to a growing and evolving international network for cultural exchange.

Duration: 49 min

Image: Lisa Dennison @ Guggenheim Symposium Fred Kroh

Guggenheim Collection: 1940s to now

Dr. Valerie Hillings, Curator of Guggenheim Collection: 1940s to now, discusses the curatorial process that she undertook, together with colleagues at both the Guggenheim and the NGV, to realize a show that is both survey and portrait.

Duration: 52 min

Image: Dr Valerie Hillings @ Guggenheim Symposium Fred Kroh

Artist Perspective

Sarah Anne Johnson’s work has been collected by the Guggenheim Museum, the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, the Winnipeg Art Gallery, the Spencer Museum of Art and Yale University. Sarah offers a unique and humourous insight into the production and inspiration of two recent works: Tree Planting and The Galapagos Project.

Duration: 32 min

Image: Sarah Anne Johnson @ Guggenheim Symposium Fred Kroh

Finding Our Way: Modern Art, Misery, and the Pursuit of Happiness

David Lubin, the Charlotte C. Weber Professor of Art at Wake Forest University, is the author of several books on American art, society, and popular culture. He discusses how Modern art, born in the Age of Revolution, sprang from a radically new concept in human history—that common citizens had the right to be happy.

Duration: 51 min

Image: David Lubin @ Guggenheim Symposium Fred Kroh

Running Hot and Cool: Climate Change in Post-War Art

Dr Anthony White is a graduate of The University of Melbourne and Harvard University. From 2000-2002, he held the position of Curator of International Painting and Sculpture at the National Gallery of Australia and is now Lecturer, Art History Program, School of Culture and Communication, at The University of Melbourne. Anthony discusses the artistic transformation that took place in post-war European and American Art.

Duration: 43 min

Image: Visitors @ Guggenheim Symposium Fred Kroh