Sehgal, school, surprises

For the rest of your life, you will remember how going to college in New York City meant, among so many other things, becoming a work of art.

By Anne Higonnet | Feb 11 09:36 pm ET

Kandinsky’s abstract art evolves at Guggenheim exhibition

The world as envisioned by Vasily Kandinsky is one full of verve and motion, bright blocks of color, rapid brushstrokes, and abstract forms as complex and colorful as a grand symphony. Indeed, Kandinsky’s vision was that “painting should aspire to be as abstract as music,” and that idea is fully realized at the Guggenheim Museum’s new retrospective of the artist—Kandinsky’s philosophy of abstract art is what carved him his piece of art history.

By Ashton Cooper | Sep 24 06:53 pm ET

American Artists Peer Through Eastern Lens in Guggenheim Exhibit

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From record auction prices to the spectacle success of Cai Guo Qiang’s I Want to Believe exhibit, Asia’s visible influence in the art world is undeniable. The Guggenheim’s sprawling new show, "The Third Mind: American Artists Contemplate Asia, 1860-1989", fits peculiarly into this vein.

Not focusing on Asian art per se, the show aims to deconstruct notions of the hegemony of European influence on American art, and instead proposes a new narrative by tracing the influence of Asian visuals and philosophy. While meticulously defended in dense wall texts (which are informative, yet too much for a museum show’s purpose), the show lies on shaky ground, and will probably not alter the paradigm it aims to reshape.

By James Dewille | Feb 6 04:08 am ET

Looking at Interwar Europe Through the Artist’s Lens

Unlike many exhibits at the Guggenheim Museum, “Foto: Modernity in Central Europe from 1918 to 1945” is filled with obscure artists from a seldom artistically recognized region and medium.

By Agnieszka Sablinska | Oct 16 10:54 pm ET