{"id":290754,"date":"2026-01-18T11:05:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T11:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/290754\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T11:05:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T11:05:20","slug":"swatchs-new-guggenheim-collection-is-a-time-travel-through-modernism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/290754\/","title":{"rendered":"Swatch\u2019s New Guggenheim Collection Is a Time-Travel Through Modernism"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tSwatch\u2019s latest Art Journey stops at the Guggenheim \u2014 twice. The Swiss watchmaker has unveiled its new collaboration with the Guggenheim New York and the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, translating four pieces from their permanent collections into wearable art. The collection includes pieces inspired by works from Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Paul Klee and Jackson Pollock.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThis collaboration was inspired by a long-standing shared belief between Swatch and the Guggenheim: art should be accessible, lived with, and experienced beyond museum walls,\u201d Swatch\u2019s CEO Vivian Stauffer told WWD via email. With this release, he explained, the brand takes that idea further by creating a real dialogue between New York and Venice.<\/p>\n

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\n\tThe four watches interpret works that span artistic movements from Impressionism to Abstract Expressionism. The collection begins with Degas\u2019s Dancers, reflecting the painter\u2019s fascination with the motion and poise of ballerinas, expressed through the watch\u2019s curved shapes and lively color palette. Monet\u2019s Palazzo Ducale centers on the Venetian landmark rendered in diffused brushstrokes, with a dial that glows orange under UV light \u2014 a nod to the interplay of light and reflection in Monet\u2019s work. Klee\u2019s Bavarian Don Giovanni, drawn from the artist\u2019s 1919 composition, introduces an inventive daily color-shifting calendar window, while Pollock\u2019s Alchemy channels the expressive splatter of mid-century abstraction through bold, layered prints.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe artworks were chosen in close dialogue with the curatorial teams in New York and Venice,\u201d Stauffer said. \u201cEach piece was selected for its emotional impact, its importance within the Guggenheim collections, and its ability to translate meaningfully into the intimate format of a watch.\u201d The approach, he added, avoids simple replication. Instead, the aim was \u201cto reinterpret them in a way that feels spontaneous, joyful, and very much of today.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tBeyond design, the project continues a decades-long relationship between Swatch and the Guggenheim. The partnership began in the 1990s and previously included collaborations<\/a> such as the 1997 Swatch Irony Special created with sculptor Arnaldo Pomodoro. \u201cThe Guggenheim sits at the intersection of innovation, modernity, and cultural influence\u2014values that are deeply rooted in Swatch\u2019s DNA,\u201d Stauffer said. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe watches will be available globally on Thursday, each carrying a subtle unifying motif: a double-length second hand, symbolizing the cultural bridge between New York and Venice. It\u2019s a detail that turns timekeeping into a \u201csymbolic journey through artistic movements, cities, and emotions,\u201d as Stauffer explained it.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cBy making iconic artworks wearable and playful, Swatch removes the distance that can sometimes exist between people and cultural institutions,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Swatch\u2019s latest Art Journey stops at the Guggenheim \u2014 twice. The Swiss watchmaker has unveiled its new collaboration…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":290755,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[267],"tags":[365,362,363,364,3588,366,18,117,19,17,145120],"class_list":["post-290754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-collaborations","tag-design","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-swatch-group"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115915779173149166","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=290754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290754\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/290755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=290754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=290754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}