Lorraine O’Grady, Artist Who Defied Category, Is Dead at 90
She worked in collage, photography, performance, video and installation, and she dealt forthrightly with the complexities of race and gender.
The museum’s poet in residence for 2024 is putting poetry by deaf and hard-of-hearing artists on display.
Abby Haroun performing at the Guggenheim on Wednesday night. Among her poems was one celebrating being a Black deaf woman: “Tonight I am going to be Maya Angelou, signing poems that spiral sky high.”Credit...Chad Unger for The New York Times
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Peggy Guggenheim, born in 1898, was an American art collector, patron, and an instrumental figure in the development of modern art during the 20th century. As a prominent art dealer and patron, she played a key role in promoting the works of several avant-garde artists, including Alexander Calder, whose iconic mobiles and sculptures were a hallmark of modernist innovation. Guggenheim’s passion for contemporary art led her to open Art of This Century, a pioneering gallery in New York City, in 1942. The gallery became a significant space for artists associated with surrealism, abstraction, and other radical movements, establishing her as one of the foremost figures in modern art patronage.
In 1948, she displayed Calder’s Arc of Petals at the Venice Biennale, one of the most prestigious art exhibitions in the world. This piece, a mobile sculpture made of colorful petals, exemplified Calder’s distinctive approach to art—using movement and form to create dynamic, ever-changing visual experiences. The Biennale, held in Venice since 1895, was an ideal platform for showcasing the works of revolutionary artists like Calder, whose kinetic sculptures defied the traditional norms of static art. Calder's Arc of Petals had previously been featured at Guggenheim's New York gallery in 1942, and its installation at the Venice Biennale helped cement the artist’s international reputation.
Guggenheim’s patronage was pivotal not only in the United States but across Europe as well. After relocating to Venice, she made her palazzo a center for modern art, hosting works by artists such as Jackson Pollock, Marcel Duchamp, and Max Ernst. Today, the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice remains a key institution, housing many of Calder’s works, alongside those of other luminaries she supported throughout her life.
In 2024, Arc of Petals continues to inspire visitors as part of the exhibition Calder. Sculpting Time at MASI Lugano, further affirming Calder’s lasting impact on the world of modern art.
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