Guggenheim Museum

Fig. 9. Postmodern architecture Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain.

The richness, diversity and inconsistency of postmodernism is indicated on the one hand, by the revolt against monotony shown by the Guggenheim Museum and, on the other, by Warhol s suggestion that the monotony of soup cans in a supermarket merits artistic recognition. 

The curved surfaces of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, are covered with 32,000 m of 0.4 mm-thick titanium panels. Titanium s reflective properties give the building a warm look that is ever changing. Titanium is also three times stronger than steel, more resistant to weathering, and weighs less than steel. 

The titanium panels that cover the outside of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, were chosen for the metal s physical properties. 

One of the more interesting uses of modern adhesives and sealants is by museums in the repair and restoration of antiquities. Nitrocellulose-based adhesives are widely used in such applications, as are epoxies and polyurethanes. In the United States, the Guggenheim Museum has made exhaustive, expensive, and highly scientific evaluations of the effects on durability of such repairs on irreplaceable artifacts from the past. Thus adhesives and sealants have come full circle back to some of their original uses. 

Silver, K.E., Chaos Classicism. Art in France, Italy, and Germany, igi8-igs6 (New York, Guggenheim Museum Pubhcations, 2010). 

The new Guggenheim Museum in Biibao, Spain. The museum s signature feature is a roof dad in titanium that forms a metaiiic fiower. ... 

Guggenheim art museum in Bilbao, Spain, one of the most famous modern buildings in the world, are covered in corrosion-resistant titanium panels. 

The homes of the rich and famous rest in Manhattan s Upper East Side. Wander the streets east of Central Park, and there s no telling who you ll run into. A number of New York s finest museums run along 5th Avenue, including the grand Metropolitan Museum of Art and the post-modern Guggenheim. Other often-overlooked museums such as the International Center of Photography and the Cooper-Hewitt National Museum of Design are also worth a visit. 

This Upper East Side restaurant is out of the way for most visitors to the city, but if you re taking a trip to the Guggenheim or the Metropolitan Museum of Art, a stop at the Candle Cafe is well worth it. Located in a tiny space next to Bistro Le Steak, it has a remarkably eclectic all-vegan menu. 

---