The show tells the story of the extraordinary collection built up over the years by Justin K. Thannhauser, who in 1963 announced his intention to donate the bulk of his art collection to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, which has had these works on extended display in a designated space in its New York museum ever since.Promoted and produced by the Milan City Council – Culture, Palazzo Reale and MondoMostre Skira, and organized in collaboration with the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York, the exhibition is curated by Megan Fontanella, Curator of Modern Art and Provence at the Guggenheim.
For the very first time the most important masterpieces from the Thannhauser collection of the Guggenheim Foundation will be on view in Europe. After travelling to the Guggenheim Bilbao and then the Hôtel de Caumont in Aix-en-Provence, Palazzo Reale will be the final venue of the exhibition, after which the collection will return to New York. This exhibition offers the public a unique opportunity to view these exceptional works, by iconic European painters and sculptors, which have not been displayed together outside of the United States since 1960s.