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Frank Lloyd Wright

 - From Within Outward

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum - SRGMS2009 May - 2009 AugNew York(396)+ 94Krens, Thomas (Curator)    (2)+0Leer, David van der (Curator)   (1)+0Muñoz, Oskar (Curator)   (1)+0Nicanor, Maria (Curator)   (1)+0Pfeiffer, Bruce Brooks (Curator)   (1)+0Stipe, Margo (Curator)   (1)+0Wright, Frank Lloyd (1867 - 1959)S  (45)+0

Frank Lloyd Wright - 'From Within Outward'

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum - SRGM, United States

New York, United States

Frank Lloyd Wright (1867 - 1959);

Thomas Krens; David van der Leer; Maria Nicanor; Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer; Margo Stipe; Oskar Muñoz;

Collezione Peggy Guggenheim - PGCS1990 May - 1990 JulVenezia(95)+ 94Krens, Thomas (Curator
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Full Name: Krens, Thomas

Other Names:

Gender: male

Date Born: 1946

Place Born: New York, NY, USA

Home Country/ies: United States

Subject Area(s): Modern (style or period)


Overview

Director of the Guggenheim (Museum) Foundation, 1988-2008. Krens entered Williams College, Williamstown, MA, initially studying economics and then political science. After receiving his B.A. from Williams in 1969, he played basketball in Europe. He returned to the U.S. and received a master’s degree in studio art from the State University of New York (SUNY), Albany in 1971, joining his alma mater, Williams in 1972 as an adjunct faculty in the printmaking department, later becoming assistant professor. Krens directed the artist in residence program at Williams between 1976 and 1980. He was named the director of the Museum of Art, Williams College, in 1981. Instead of pursing a Ph.D., Krens worked on an M.B.A. from Yale University, which was awarded in 1984. He embarked upon a career in major museum management, first consulting for the redesign of the Brooklyn [Art] Museum in 1

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Thomas Krens

American museum director

Thomas Krens (born December 26, 1946) is the former director and Senior Advisor for International Affairs of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation in New York City.[2][3] From the beginning of his work at the Guggenheim, Krens promised, and delivered, great change, and was frequently in the spotlight, often as a figure of controversy.[4][5]

During his 20-year tenure as director he expanded the Guggenheim globally by enlarging and raising the profile of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, Italy, and then building the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Spain (1997), Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin, Germany (1997, ended 2013), the Guggenheim Las Vegas (2001, closed 2003) and Guggenheim Hermitage Museum, also in Las Vegas, (2001, closed May 2008), Guggenheim Guadalajara, Mexico (cancelled in 2009, originally to open 2011), and the Frank Gehry-designed Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, currently under development. Krens spearheaded spectacular exhibitions such as The Art of the Motorcycle and ambitious shows covering t

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