Guggenheim Museum SoHo

The Guggenheim Museum SoHo was a branch of the Guggenheim Museum designed by Arata Isozaki that was located at the corner of Broadway and Prince Street in Manhattan's SoHo neighborhood. The museum opened in 1992 and closed in December 2001 after hosting exhibits that included Marc Chagall and the Jewish Theater, Paul Klee at the Guggenheim Museum, Robert Rauschenberg: A Retrospective, and Andy Warhol: The Last Supper, which served as a key part of the museum's permanent collection. The closing was initially believed to be temporary, however the museum closed permanently in June 2002.[1]

Initial attendance forecasts provided for 250,000 visitors a year, however they drew between 125,000 to 200,000 its first year, and continued to break even in subsequent years. Prior to its close, the museum restructured in February 1999 to shrink the museum's exhibition space from 27,000 down to 20,000 square feet to reduce the museum's operating costs.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Solomon, Deborah (2002-06-30). "Is the Go-Go Guggenheim Going, Going . . .". The New York Times Magazine. Retrieved 2013-07-31.
  2. ↑ Vogel, Carol (1999-02-05). "INSIDE ART; Guggenheim Shrinks in SoHo". The New York Times. Retrieved 2013-07-31.

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