GI-50035, Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation:
The Third Mind: American Artists Contemplate Asia, 1860–1989.
A 2008 grant to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation supported the organization and design of a museum exhibition about Asian and American art, as well as the creation of an exhibition catalog, a Web site, a symposium, and related educational and public programs at the Guggenheim Museum. The exhibition, The Third Mind: American Artists Contemplate Asia, 1860-1989, demonstrated the extent and depth of Asian influences on American art. It promised to correct the view that American art has principally been influenced by Europe. The 30,000-square-foot exhibition was among the largest ever mounted at the Guggenheim and coincided with the fiftieth anniversary of the landmark building, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright (who was himself influenced by Asian architecture). The installation included 240 works by American and Asian-American artists, along with thirty works of classical Asian art.

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