The project is one of the first to come from a collaboration between the two museums in an attempt to broaden the audience for their collections. Both facilities were designed by Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas, winner of the Pritzker Architecture Prize for 2000. Architect Frank O. Gehry designed a new installation for the exhibit. The smaller gallery in The Venetian will have walls of corrugated steel, a material often used by sculptors. Thomas Krens, Guggenheim's director, is convinced it will work.
Nothing is guaranteed here.
But Las Vegas is an intelligent place, it's a warm place. A lot of people come here. And we're doing it on our terms. I think it's going to be a big success. The reality is I run a complicated business, and no one is handing me money.