When the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum opened in 1959, critics panned the design, likening it to a beehive, a washing machine & an inverted oatmeal bowl, etc. Today, however, it has become one of New York City’s most beloved buildings.

Join museum educator Sharon Vatsky for this interactive slide talk/chat that considers more than 6 decades of changing attitudes toward this architectural icon by examining how it has been depicted in cartoons, illustrations & artworks. In addition to being a Museum Educator for the Guggenheim Museum, Sharon teaches graduate courses in museum education at NYU & Teacher’s College, Columbia University.

She holds graduate degrees from SUNY at Albany & Hartford Art School. She is the author of 2 books: Museum Gallery Experiences: A Handbook and Interactive Museum Tours. Sharon Vatsky supervised school, youth, teacher & family programs at the Guggenheim Museum for twenty years, leaving that position in 2021(her last title was Director of Audience Engagement).