The Guggenheim Is Proving That Museums Arenât Just to Be Seen
The famed institution â and others â are reaching out to audiences who cannot connect to art in typical ways.
A participant in a Mind’s Eye program at the Guggenheim Museum, in 2019. The program, which serves the blind and partially sighted, includes a sensory tour featuring the actors Maggie Gyllenhaal, Bobby Canavale and BD Wong.Credit.David Heald/Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York
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Several eminent New Yorkers were by my side on a recent visit to the Guggenheim Museum.
âFrom bottom to top, the building is like a crescendo,â the actress Maggie Gyllenhaal told me as I climbed the rotundaâs massive, spiraling walkway. Later, I ran my fingers along the bumpy edge of the footpathâs low outer wall. âThe highest overlook may be the most tactile spot in the whole space,â Ms. Gyllenhaal said.