"..........Starting Sept. 26 the facade of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum’s Frank Lloyd Wright building will be illuminated every Friday at dusk with words. They will range from comments about terrorism and the Iraq war to poems about loss, grief and love.
To honor the completion of the Guggenheim’s three-year restoration and the project’s biggest benefactor, the Cleveland philanthropist Peter B. Lewis, the museum commissioned the conceptual artist Jenny Holzer to create the site-specific illuminations.
On Sept. 22 at about 6:45 p.m. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg will switch on the illumination in a prequel to the weekly viewing. After that it will be shown from sunset to 11 p.m. through December, with a special showing on New Year’s Eve, which falls on a Wednesday this year........"
Two years ago, it was my first time to New York City. I went to Guggenheim museum. Because it is one of the most famous architectures in New York City, I put it into my schedule. It was a pity that the museum was under construction. The museum looked like a construction site. There was no aesthetic beauty at all. I never thought I could have another chance to visit it again. Now the restoration is complete. I'm excited and can't wait to attend worship: seeing Wright's design and Holzer's illuminations.
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