Guggenheim Museum

1071 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10128
www.guggenheim.org

(212) 423-3500

Cross Street(s)	89th Street
Neighborhood	East Side
Hours	Mon-Wed, Sat, Sun 10am-5:45, Fri 10am-8pm

Additional info:Museum, Gallery, Mixed Gay/Straight, $$$ - Moderate

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Frank Lloyd "Oh So" wRIGHT

The exterior of the Guggenheim is certainly one of the most recognizable buildings in New York City. Inside the spiral walls hangs the work of artists like Chagall, Picasso, Manet, and Kandinsky. Special exhibits often take over most of the museum exploring architecture and visual arts, often complimenting the dramatic Frank Lloyd Wright structure.

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Distinctive 5th Avenue Building

First to Review - October 29, 2009

This distinctive Upper East Side building was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, and that fact in itself is a reason to visit. The look of the building is familiar to many of us... a stacked cylinder that is wider at the top than at the bottom. When I first visited The Guggenheim, my interest was in seeing this Frank Lloyd Wright design masterpiece, rather than the artwork inside. Since I am not a huge fan of contemporary art, I assumed that the paintings would be of secondary interest to me. I was wrong. There is an interesting variety of art displayed in The Guggenheim, and in an ingenious way. A large skylight provides natural light for the interior atrium of the building. Visitors wind their way up or down the the easy-to-walk spiral to enjoy Impressionist, Post-Impressionist and Modern paintings and sculptures. This is a very interesting manageable-sized museum.