A deep dive into the Guggenheim Museums vast collection of Minimal art from the visionary Italian collectors Giovanna and Giuseppe Panza di BiumoWinner of the 2022 Robert Motherwell Book AwardBased upon the research of the Panza Collection Initiative an ambitious 10year study project Object Lessons focuses on four works by key figures of 1960s Minimalism and Conceptual art Dan Flavin Donald Judd Robert Morris and Lawrence Weiner. Authors Francesca Esmay Ted Mann and Jeffrey Weiss present each work from several vantages an exhaustive chronological account conveys the surprisingly complicated history of the works realization acquisition ownership and display. An overview addresses the broad practical and conceptual implications of this information for the historical identity of the work and its consequences for the works future.