Guggenheim Competition

To celebrate the close of the Guggenheim’s 50th Anniversary year in May, the museum is holding an online competition, inviting participants to submit their ideas for reimagining the rotunda. The competition corresponds to the current exhibition, Contemplating the Void: Interventions in the Guggenheim, in which of 200 artists, architects and designers put forth their most fantastic ideas for the space.

Details of the competition can be found here, but the basic gist is that you can submit a hand sketch, computer rendering, watercolor, painting, photo collage, or any 2-D format that communicates your ideas effectively. Participants are encouraged to be truly creative and submit ideas that capture the full potential of the Guggenheim’s rotunda.

The contest sounds rad to me. The prizes, though, I think are slightly lame: a Guggenheim gift package, including a tote bag and two admission tickets. But the judges who will be selecting the winners are the chief curator and the assistant curator of design and architecture, so if you win, you’ll have the pleasure of knowing your ideas have been validated by them. While you’re carrying your Guggenheim tote bag.

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