What a great show. I didn't realize the range of Kandinsky's work and to be able to witness his progress on the Guggenheim's spiral was amazing. The Thannhauser Collection sort of gave a context of art that was going on around the same time, contrasting with Kandinsky's explorations into nonobjectivity. There was also a room of Kandinsky's drawings that were charming and quirky. With his paintings, it was interesting to see a progression of his color palette to the lighter, more pastel colors of later works.
However, I was totally floored by the Roni Horn and Felix Gonzalez-Torres pieces (Paired Gold) on the top floor at the end of the Kandinsky show. They, in a way, were asserting the dominance of contemporary art and illustrated how powerfully art has moved beyond the canvas. On previous floors were Memory by Anish Kapoor and Intervals (two pieces) by Kitty Kraus which I found darkly poetic, sort of mirroring the darker palletes of Kandinsky's earlier work.
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