The revolving hotel room that's part of theanyspacewhatever exhibit at the Guggenheim isn't the only noteworthy work on view at the moment; through January the museum is hosting a mid-career survey of Catherine Opie, who's known for her striking photographs of diverse subjects ranging from Minnesota ice fishers to the west coast L.G.B.T. community. Her photographs of the ice houses were made in a particularly painstaking manner, with Opie braving inclement weather with a field......

Photo courtesy Alaina B. You'll recall that the new exhibit at the Guggenheim features Carsten Höller's Revolving Hotel Room, which the museum has been renting out to guests who pay $549 and up to sleep in an installation comprised of three glass discs mounted onto a fourth disc "that all turn harmoniously at a very slow speed." Guests are also free to spend the night wandering all six floors of the Frank Lloyd Wright rotunda.......

Markus Tretter, © Carsten Höller/VBK The Guggenheim's upcoming group show, called "theanyspacewhatever," features artists who like to "claim the exhibition as their medium." And what better way to claim the Guggenheim than to spend the night with it? From October 24th to January 7th, Carsten Höller's Revolving Hotel Room invites guests to stay over at the museum by sleeping in an art installation comprised of three turning glass discs mounted onto a fourth disc "that......

Text (pictured): “Tortures" from View with a Grain of Sand by Wislawa Szymborska, translated by Stanislaw Baranczak and Clare Cavanagh. The Guggenheim is opening its doors for free on October 30th to celebrate the completion of the museum's restoration, which has been going on for years. The centerpiece of the celebration will be illuminated text on the Frank Lloyd Wright facade, a specially commissioned work of art by Jenny Holzer (which has actually been......

Earlier this year the Guggenheim's notoriously-hated director, Thomas Krens, announced his departure from the museum (which many blame him for turning into a McGuggenheim). The NY Times announces today that the Guggenheim is now ready to name Richard Armstrong as the next director, saying the final board meeting regarding the decision will be held on or before September 23rd.The choice was considered a safe one after nearly 20 often tumultuous years of Mr. Krens’s maverick......

The art world is breathing a sigh of relief today as the announcement of The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation's director stepping down was announced. For many, Thomas Krens has been more of a dictator than director; with a focus on franchising a "McGuggenheim" business over exhibiting modern art or focusing on the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed building itself.The Guggenheim flagship -- one of New York's top tourist attractions -- was falling apart. (Its crumbling facade is......

Photos via the Guggenheim Museum. Everyone's bursting with anticipation for the opening of Cai Guo-Qiang's new exhibit at the Guggenheim; the site-specific installation serves as a mid-career retrospective and is now just four short days away from being unveiled. The NY Times has a lengthy profile of the artist (who has lived in New York since 1995) which begins with this insight: "his favorite artistic moment is the pregnant pause between the lighting of......

The AP reports on two Picasso paintings that have hung in the MoMA and Guggenheim for decades, and the fight to keep them there. Julius H. Schoeps claims they are the property of his great uncle who was persecuted in Nazi Germany, and has demanded the museums hand over the paintings, "Boy Leading a Horse" (MoMA) and "Le Moulin de la Galette" (Guggenheim). The suit was filed at the District Court in Manhattan. Both museums......