Editing Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (section)

===Armstrong era===
[[File:Richard Armstrong 2012.png|thumb|upright|Richard Armstrong, 2012]]
[[Richard Armstrong (museum director)|Richard Armstrong]], former director of the [[Carnegie Museum of Art]], became the director of the museum and the foundation in November 2008.<ref name="nyt-2008-09-23"/><ref>{{cite web |last=Boehm |first=Mike |title=Guggenheim names Richard Armstrong director |work=Los Angeles Times |issn=0458-3035 |date=September 25, 2008 |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-guggenheim25-2008sep25-story.html |access-date=October 5, 2022}}</ref> ''The New York Times'' said the Guggenheim Foundation had selected him because his "calmer, steadier presence" contrasted with the "nearly 20 often tumultuous years of Mr. Krens's maverick vision".<ref name="nyt-2008-09-03">{{Cite news |last=Vogel |first=Carol |date=September 3, 2008 |title=Guggenheim Is Considering New Director |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/03/arts/design/03guggenheim.html |access-date=October 20, 2022 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In addition to its permanent collections, which continued to grow under his direction,<ref name=artdaily/> the foundation has administered loan exhibitions and co-organized exhibitions with other museums to foster public outreach.<ref name=websiteCollab>{{Cite web |url=http://www.guggenheim.org/guggenheim-foundation/collaborations |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140405012929/http://www.guggenheim.org/guggenheim-foundation/collaborations |url-status=dead |title=Foundation website's collaborations page |archive-date=April 5, 2014}}</ref> The museum hosted exhibitions such as ''[[America (Cattelan)|America]]'' (2016), one of the smallest ever hosted there.<ref>{{Cite news |last=McDermon |first=Daniel |date=August 18, 2017 |title=Solid-Gold Toilet to Be Removed From Guggenheim in September |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/18/arts/design/solid-gold-toilet-to-be-removed-from-guggenheim-in-september.html |access-date=October 20, 2022 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

About 140 maintenance workers and art installers joined a [[labor union]] in 2019, the first time the museum's employees had unionized.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Moynihan |first=Colin |date=June 28, 2019 |title=Guggenheim Workers Vote to Join a Union, the Museum's First |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/28/arts/design/guggenheim-union-vote.html |access-date=October 6, 2022 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name=Davis2019>{{cite web |last=Davis |first=Ben |date=June 28, 2019 |title=Art Installers and Maintenance Workers at the Guggenheim Have Voted 'Yes' to Joining a Union |url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/guggenheim-union-1588120 |access-date=October 6, 2022 |website=Artnet News}}</ref> That year, [[Chaédria LaBouvier]] became the first black woman curator to create a solo exhibition and first black person to write a text published by the museum.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mitter |first=Siddhartha |date=July 30, 2019 |title=Behind Basquiat's 'Defacement': Reframing a Tragedy |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/30/arts/design/basquiat-defacement-guggenheim-curator.html |access-date=June 3, 2020 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name=Lewis2022/> She accused the museum of racism and alleged that, among other things, officials withheld resources and refused to let journalists interview her, though an article in ''[[The Atlantic]]'' described LaBouvier as being hostile toward people who commented on her exhibition.<ref name=Lewis2022>{{cite web |last=Lewis |first=Helen |title=The Guggenheim's Scapegoat |website=The Atlantic |date=October 3, 2022 |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/11/guggenheim-racism-controversy-curator-nancy-spector/671529 |access-date=October 6, 2022}}</ref> Within a month of these criticisms, the museum hired its first full-time black curator, [[Ashley James (curator)|Ashley James]].<ref name=nyt-2019-11-15>{{Cite news |last=Pogrebin |first=Robin |date=November 15, 2019 |title=Guggenheim Hires First Full-Time Black Curator |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/15/arts/design/guggenheim-black-curator.html |access-date=October 6, 2022 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> An investigation by a law firm hired by the museum found "no evidence that Ms. LaBouvier was subject to adverse treatment on the basis of her race".<ref name="nyt-2020-10-08"/> The museum's Artistic Director and Chief Curator, [[Nancy Spector]], left the institution in 2020 after 34 years.<ref name=Lewis2022/><ref name="nyt-2020-10-08">{{Cite news |last=Pogrebin |first=Robin |date=October 8, 2020 |title=Guggenheim's Top Curator Is Out as Inquiry Into Basquiat Show Ends |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/08/arts/design/guggenheim-investigation-nancy-spector.html |access-date=October 6, 2022 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The Guggenheim approved a plan for increasing racial diversity in August 2020,<ref name="nyt-2020-08-17a">{{Cite news |last=Small |first=Zachary |date=August 17, 2020 |title=Guggenheim Approves Diversity Plan After Staff Complaints of Racism |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/17/arts/design/guggenheim-diversity-plan-racism.html |access-date=October 6, 2022 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name=Holmes2020>{{cite web |last=Holmes |first=Helen |date=August 18, 2020 |title=After Allegations of Systemic Racism, the Guggenheim Has Released a Diversity Plan |url=https://observer.com/2020/08/guggenheim-diversity-plan-chaedria-labouvier/ |access-date=October 6, 2022 |website=Observer}}</ref> and it hired a "chief culture and inclusion officer" in 2021.<ref>{{cite web |last=Holmes |first=Helen |date=July 28, 2021 |title=The Guggenheim Museum Has Hired Its First Chief Culture and Inclusion Officer |url=https://observer.com/2021/07/guggenheim-museum-diversity-ty-woodfolk/ |access-date=October 6, 2022 |website=Observer}}</ref>

During the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], the Guggenheim temporarily closed in March 2020.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Pogrebin |first1=Robin |last2=Cooper |first2=Michael |date=March 12, 2020 |title=New York's Major Cultural Institutions Close in Response to Coronavirus |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/12/arts/design/met-museum-opera-carnegie-hall-close-coronavirus.html |access-date=October 4, 2022 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> It reopened that October,<ref name=CBSNews2020>{{cite web |date=October 4, 2020 |title=Guggenheim Museum Reopens To Public After Months-Long Pandemic Closure |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/guggenheim-museum-reopening |access-date=October 4, 2022 |website=CBS News}}</ref><ref name=ABC7NewYork2020>{{cite web |date=October 3, 2020 |title=Reopen New York City: Guggenheim Museum welcomes back visitors on Upper East Side in Manhattan |url=https://abc7ny.com/guggenheim-when-does-the-open-reopen-museum/6740352/ |access-date=October 4, 2022 |website=ABC7 New York}}</ref> recording a monthly net loss of $1.4 million while closed.<ref name="nyt-2020-09-16">{{Cite news |last=Small |first=Zachary |date=September 16, 2020 |title=Guggenheim Cuts Staff by 11 Percent Ahead of Reopening |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/16/arts/guggenheim-layoffs.html |access-date=October 4, 2022 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> It fired numerous staff members during the pandemic.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Moynihan |first=Colin |date=July 30, 2021 |title=Guggenheim Museum Curators Move to Join a Union |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/30/arts/design/guggenheim-museum-curators-union.html |access-date=October 6, 2022 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Holmes |first=Helen |date=August 2, 2021 |title=Guggenheim Staffers Are Putting Plans in Motion to Join a Union |url=https://observer.com/2021/08/guggenheim-staff-joining-union/ |access-date=October 6, 2022 |website=Observer}}</ref> In 2022, the Guggenheim began hosting a poet-in-residence program, the first such program at a visual-art museum.<ref>{{cite web | last=Graeber | first=Laurel | title=Guggenheim Finds Art in Poetry | website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 | date=April 27, 2022 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/27/arts/design/guggenheim-poetry.html | access-date=December 16, 2024}}</ref> Armstrong announced in mid-2022 that he planned to resign in 2023,<ref name=FinancialTimes2022>{{cite web |title=Guggenheim director Richard Armstrong: 'I'm calm about the whole future of museums' |website=Financial Times |date=July 8, 2022 |url=https://www.ft.com/content/3e13c600-0f35-421e-9d81-aa9cef7d70cd |access-date=October 5, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Jacobs |first=Julia |date=July 8, 2022 |title=Director of the Guggenheim to Step Down |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/08/arts/design/director-guggenheim-richard-armstrong-steps-down.html |access-date=October 5, 2022 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> and he left the museum at the end of 2023.<ref>{{cite web | last=Cascone | first=Sarah | title=Inflation Hits Museums, as the Guggenheim Becomes the Latest New York Institution to Hike Prices | website=Artnet News | date=August 2, 2023 | url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/guggenheim-raises-admission-to-30-dollars-2344866 | access-date=November 30, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Joachim |last=Pissarro |first2=Jennifer |last2=Stockman | title=Richard Armstrong with Joachim Pissarro & Jennifer Stockman | website=The Brooklyn Rail | date=July 29, 2024 | url=https://brooklynrail.org/2024/06/art/Richard-Armstrong-with-Joachim-Pissarro-Jennifer-Stockman/ | access-date=November 30, 2024}}</ref>