Past and present Library and Archives staff members routinely discover new and surprising items from the museum’s vast trove of records and share their discoveries.
The illustrated text Incidentes Melódicos del Mundo Irracional (“Melodic incidents of an irrational world”) contains 40 original engravings by Leopoldo Mendez.
This unusual catalog of a 1972 Boston exhibition provides a time capsule of the region’s contemporary photography scene.
Francine Snyder, former director of the Library and Archives at the Guggenheim, answered some common questions about Findings—how the project started, what it’s like to shuffle through archival material, and which discoveries were her favorite.
Exploring what happens when the people who present art become art themselves, Louva E. Irvine’s film Blue Moment follows former Guggenheim director Thomas M. Messer through an exhibition opening.
The Artist’s Reserved Rights Transfer and Sale Agreement, published in 1971 by Seth Siegelaub and Robert Projansky, formally defined and protected artists’ rights both during and after the transfer and sale of their works.
These illustrations for Quadrangle’s 1948 edition of Jean de la Fontaine’s 17th-century classic Selected Fables were done by Alexander Calder in a line art style evocative of his figurative metal wire sculptures.
In 1972, the Guggenheim Museum’s exhibition Amsterdam Paris Düsseldorf featured young talent from Europe, including Bernd and Hilla Becher.
