Can The Guggenheim Really Be Global If It’s Not In Antarctica?

Even in the face of financial setbacks, the Guggenheim presses on with expansion. Latest addition was Rio, announced a few weeks ago. Where will it stop? How about Antarctica? “Two ice-walled galleries will display the last 10 artworks from the permanent collection of the Guggenheim, the rest having been gradually sold off to cover debt service and other costs associated with the museum’s 18-year expansion program. ‘We cannot be a truly Global Guggenheim until we have a foothold on each continent,’ observed Mr. Krens at last week’s Guggenheim Summit in New York, attended by the directors of the Guggenheims Venice, Berlin, Bilbao, Rio, Taichung, Nairobi and Perth.”