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Guggenheim

50 years ago today the Guggenheim Museum opened in New York City. It rapidly became one of the world's leading galleries of modern and contemporary art. Vincent Dowd investigates why in the half century since then public appreciation and expectations of contemporary art have changed so massively.

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10 minutes

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Wed 21 Oct 2009 04:40GMT

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  • Wed 21 Oct 2009 04:40GMT

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project