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JEWISH ART
For an outstanding collection of
Ashkenazi, Sephardi and Oriental
Judaica, crafts and artifacts,
see: Jewish Art Museum.
VISUAL ARTS OF ISLAM
For a list of the world's greatest
libraries and museum collections
of Muslim culture, see:
Museums of Islamic Art.
Greatest
Paintings Ever
Oils, watercolours, mixed media
from 1300-present.
Greatest Sculptures Ever
Works in stone, bronze, wood
from 33,000 BCE-present.
WORLDS TOP ARTISTS
For top creative practitioners, see:
Best Artists of All Time.
MODERN SCULPTURE
For contemporary 3-D artists, see:
Twentieth Century
Sculptors.
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In addition, each year, the Deutsche Guggenheim
commissions one or more new works by top
contemporary artists, which premiere in Berlin in exhibitions staged
in conjunction with the creative practitioner and Guggenheim Museum curators.
Over the past decade, many of these creative works have been exhibited
in New York and Bilbao and have been acquired by the Guggenheim Foundation’s
permanent collection. Participating artists in the series have included
younger as well as established artists from various countries,working
in a variety of fine art, from
painting and photography to
monumental sculpture, video
art and differing installations.
They include: Jeff Koons,
Bill Viola, Hiroshi Sugimoto, James Rosenquist, John Baldessari, Hanne
Darboven, William Kentridge, Gerhard Richter, Andreas Slominski, Phoebe
Washburn, Lawrence Weiner, Jeff Wall, and Rachel Whiteread.
By underwriting works by these exceptional
artists, the Deutsche Guggenheim Museum acts as both patron and promoter
of contemporary art, and a catalyst for individual creativity. In the
process, the Guggenheim Foundation both strengthens its commitments to
established artists, and develops new ones with the stars of tomorrow's
contemporary art movements.
Collection
The Deutsche Guggenheim Museum is able
to call upon the resources of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, whose
worldwide collection of modern art and
avant-garde works is probably unrivalled by any other cultural institute.
In addition, it can access the art holdings of Deutsche Bank, which, ever
since its foundation in 1870, has regarded its cultural commitment as
an integral part of its commercial and social responsibility. Since 1979,
in the execution of this policy, the Bank has amassed the largest single
art collection of any company in the world, numbering in excess of 50,000
works, featuring mainly drawings and contemporary works on paper.
Highlights
Contemporary artworks commissioned by the
Deutsche Guggenheim Museum have included:
By Hanne Darboven
- Hommage à Picasso, 1995–2006
By William Kentridge
- Black Box / Chambre Noire, 2005
By Bill Viola
- Going Forth by Day, 2002
By Phoebe Washburn
- Regulated Fool's Milk Meadow, 2007
By Lawrence Weiner
- Nach Alles/ After All, 2000
By Gerhard Richter
- Eight Gray, 2002
By John Baldessari
- Beast (Orange) Being Stared At: With Two Figures (Green, Blue),
2004
- Eight Couples: Fighting (from White to Black), 2004
- Six Couples: People and Animals (from Violet/Yellow to Red/Green),
2004
- Tiger (Orange) and Trainer: With Three Figures (Red, Yellow, Blue),
2004
- Umbrella (Orange): With Figure and Ball (Blue, Green), 2004
By Jeff Koons
- Mountains, 2000
- Sandwiches, 2000
By James Rosenquist
- The Swimmer in the Econo-mist (painting 1), 1997–1998
- The Swimmer in the Econo-mist (painting 2), 1997
- The Swimmer in the Econo-mist (painting 3), 1997–1998
By Andreas Slominski
- Bird Trapping Station, 1998–99
- Cough Syrup Transport System, 1998
By Hiroshi Sugimoto
- Benjamin Franklin, 1999
- Henry VIII, 1999
- Catherine of Aragon, 1999
- Charles I, 1999
- Elizabeth I, 1999
- Emperor Hirohito, 1999
- The Last Supper, 1999
- Napoleon Bonaparte, 1999
- Oscar Wilde, 1999
- Pope John Paul II, 1999
- Rembrandt van Rijn, 1999
- Sir Winston Churchill, 1999
- Voltaire, 1999
- William Shakespeare, 1999
By Jeff Wall
- Cold storage, 2007
- Tenants, 2007
- War game, 2007
By Rachel Whiteread
- Untitled (Apartment), 2001
- Untitled (Basement), 2001
Opening Hours and Admission
Open 11am-8pm Monday-Wednesday and Friday-Sunday;
11am-10pm Thursdays.
Admission €4; Free under-12s. Free to all on Mondays.
Deutsche Guggenheim Berlin
Unter den Linden 13/15
10117 Berlin
Telephone: +49 (0)30 20 20 93-0
Fax: +49 (0)30 20 20 93-20
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