Ari Wiseman received his MA from the Courtauld Institute of Art where he focused in postwar art. At the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, Wiseman works in concert with the director and the Executive Cabinet to help manage activities of the foundation and global network of museums. Working closely with trustees, donors, and other senior staff, Wiseman also oversees strategic planning and global acquisitions policies while providing assistance to the director in a variety of special projects.
Wiseman’s career has focused significantly on planning and acquisitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA), since 2001, where he was Deputy Director since 2007. Prior to several promotions at MOCA, Wiseman served as Senior Assistant for Acquisitions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. He has published on a number of subjects, including his most recent catalogue on the work of artist Matthew Monahan.
Since its inception in 1937, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation has been a preeminent institution for the collection, preservation, and research of modern and contemporary art. The global network that began in the 1970s when the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, was joined by the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, has expanded since 1997 to include the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao and the Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin. Each constituent museum unites distinguished architecture with great artworks, a tradition that has become a Guggenheim hallmark.
Looking to the future, the Guggenheim Foundation continues to forge international partnerships as it works on developing new museums in the Middle East, Latin America, and Asia. Thanks to its celebrated collections, special exhibitions, conservation efforts, educational initiatives, and scholarship, the Guggenheim is internationally recognized as a pioneer and touchstone for all cultural institutions.
