But it took Rashid Johnson, on the occasion of his mid-career retrospective “ A Poem for Deep Thinkers,” to bring the Guggenheim’s iconic interior to life.

Rashid Johnson is a prominent American artist born in 1977 in Chicago, Illinois. He works in a wide variety of media, including sculpture, painting, and film. Johnson's work often explores themes ...

Vito Schnabel Gallery in St. Moritz, Switzerland and Tripoli Gallery in Wainscott announce “Sunday,” a group exhibition ...

Vinson Cunningham on the artist Rashid Johnson’s exhibition “A Poem for Deep Thinkers,” a sprawling survey at the Guggenheim.

New York “A Poem for Deep Thinkers,” Rashid Johnson’s knotty retrospective that just opened at the Guggenheim, draws its title from a work by Amiri Baraka. Like that activist writer, the ...

Aspen Snowmass has selected the world-renowned, Chicago-born contemporary artist Rashid Johnson to create the 2022-23 lift-ticket images. Johnson is an American artist whose work takes on a range ...

Longing, fear, anxiety and healing — here are some of the key themes American mixed-media artist Rashid Johnson explores in his work. Step inside his 'Nudiustertian' showcase in Hong Kong ...

“Rashid Johnson: A Poem for Deep Thinkers” (through January 18, 2026) is the artist’s first solo presentation at the New York institution.

Targets recur through Rashid Johnson's rotunda-filling Guggenheim Museum retrospective, an insightful show that certainly hits the mark. The first can be seen outside the museum: a large steel ...

The themes explored in the film reflect Johnson’s personal belief that artists “are forced to engage with the complexity of our time” – a purpose which, he believes, will inspire some “to become more ...

The renowned artist talks about being a Cubs fanatic, how to make good art about sports, and designing a bucket hat that the Mets will give away to 15,000 lucky fans this summer.