Tagged With "Guggenhiem"

I'm not a big fan of the Guggenheim's collection, but i do love the building, and wonder why it hasn't become the template for many others. Quite aside from its own beauty, it seems one of the best ways to display art. I'm often frustrated in museums by a labyrinth of rooms, not always well laid out, that keep me from back-tracking to reconsider a painting I'd passed in light of ones I saw further on. The spiral solves that brilliantly. In 1962, my uncle, a painter, took me there to see an...

Mr. Wright was a genius. A beautiful use of space, nicely illustrated, Jonathan. This is actually one of those places I've yet to visit and hope to some day.

Frank Lloyd Wright's iconic spiral ramp identifies the Guggenheim Museum in NYC, and Jonathan L revisits it to show us how well it works.

Jonathan L enjoys a visit to the Guggenhiem Museum