GUGGENHEIM VISIONARIES

There is a joke amongst my art-loving friends: if anyone asks "What's at the Guggenheim right now?" we always answer, "Kandinsky!" Vasily Kandinsky is the artist I most closely associate with the museum, and for good reason: his work made up the initial collection that launched the Guggenheim to be what it is today. In the current exhibition, Visionaries: Creating a Modern Guggenheim , the work of Kandinsky is seen alongside work by Pablo Picasso , Piet Mondrian , and Alexander Calder , among others, whose presence in the collection established the museum as an elite institution. The exhibition also delves into the history of the museum, and highlights some...