05/28/2026
2026 marks 20 years of the Guggenheim's Asian Art Initiative ✨
Established in 2006 under the leadership of Alexandra Munroe (), the initiative has shaped exhibitions, acquisitions, scholarship, and public programs while building a global network of artists, curators, and scholars.
Through the work of Munroe, Curator Kyung An (), and the initiative’s many collaborators and supporters, the museum has acquired more than 150 works by 100 Asian and Asian diasporic artists since 2006.
Groundbreaking exhibitions including Cai Guo-Qiang: I Want to Believe (2008), The Third Mind: American Artists Contemplate Asia, 1860–1989 (2009), Gutai: Splendid Playground (2013), Art and China after 1989: Theater of the World (2017–18), and Only the Young: Experimental Art in Korea, 1960s–1970s (2023–24) have continued to expand conversations around global modern and contemporary art.
As the museum looks toward the initiative’s next chapter, this milestone honors twenty years of collaboration, research, and global exchange.
Read more at the link in our bio.
(1) Installation view: "Cai Guo-Qiang: I Want to Believe", Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, March 17–September 20, 2009. Photo: Erika Barahona-Ede. (2) Installation view, "Art and China after 1989: Theater of the World", Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, October 6, 2017–January 7, 2018. Photo: David Heald (3) Installation view, "Only the Young: Experimental Art in Korea, 1960s–1970s", Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, September 1, 2023–January 7, 2024. Photo: Ariel Ione Williams © Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation.
