Solomon R Guggenheim Museum

New York is a survivor. Regardless of 9 11, terrorist threats, economic problems, it remains one of the most popular destinations in America. A combination of curiosity of the other side of the pond and cheap flights is drawing more and more of us over to the big apple every year. So in the presumption that some of you readers may well be about to head over this spring or summer I’ve decided to reveal one of my favourite places to visit in New York, The Guggenheim Museum in Soho. A word of warning before you take the name and run in search of it, read my review and find out exactly why, I warn you now the reasons I like the museum is not necessarily going to make it ...  Read the complete review

... as my lecturer once famously said. True it may be, but sometimes it's not the best solution. As part of my Computational Linguistics course, I have spent a lot of time discussing the advantages and disadvantages of top down and bottom up processing. There are certain circumstances in which top down is not the way to go - with recursion for example, if you go top down left to right you'll find your program never ends, which is not exactly helpful.... There are many more examples, but I'll stop there since most of you will have no idea what I'm talking about. What I will say is that this applies to the Guggenheim, but in reverse if you see what ...  Read the complete review

The Guggenheim Museum is a monster of a building designed by Solomon R. Guggenheim as a museum of modern art. It has enjoyed great success and popularity, both for its exhibitions and for the uniqueness of the building. Located opposite Central Park on the East Side, at 89th Street (note that there is also a downtown Guggenheim Museum in SoHo, housing an exhibition of work by Andy Warhol), it is essentially a three-dimensional spiral, which you walk up (going past all the exhibition rooms as you do, so it’s impossible to miss anything) until you realise that you’ve quite unexpectedly reached the top. There is only one room with a permanent collection ...  Read the complete review

The Solomon R Guggenheim Museum is probably the best known modern art museum in the world. It's located on 5th Avenue in New York, on Museum Mile, just to the east of Central Park. Arguably, the building itself is the most impressive part of the museum. It was designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright and finished in 1959 shortly after his death. It consists of a spiral-like structure attached to a more conventional oblong tower. The spiral region, known as the Great Rotunda, accounts for most of the gallery's floor space, and it is somewhat surprising then that this area is given over to exhibitions which change every few months. These temporary ...  Read the complete review

As soon as you see the Guggenheim, you are overwhelmed by the sheer beauty of the building. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, it is an elegant spiral that contrasts completely with the surrounding buildings. Inside, the architecture is even more beautiful, as the spiral winds its way up, linking otgether all the galleries. The best way to see all the paintings is to take the elevator right to the top, then slowly walk down the spiral. You see the featured artist's work in the spiral, and at every floor, you can go off into a separate room to see other art. The building is especially beautiful in the evening, but admission is so cheap, you could go in the day ...  Read the complete review