The Guggenheim International Exhibition (GIE) was established in 1956 and took place every two years. The Fifth GIE was organized by museum director Thomas M. Messer and focused on the medium of sculpture. The exhibition featured contemporary sculpture selected from twenty nations including Colombia, Denmark, Japan, Italy, Poland, Spain, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the former Yugoslavia. Associate Curator Edward F. Fry, who helped select artists and organize the exhibition, wrote a catalogue introduction describing the method of selection and key issues surrounding the medium. The Guggenheim International Exhibition 1967 traveled from the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum to the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto; The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in 1967–68. Mirroring the exhibition, the accompanying catalogue is divided into four parts: I. Artists who have died during the 1960s and whose work has significantly affected the current decade; II. Artists born before 1910; III. Artists born between 1910 and 1925; and IV. Artists born since 1925. The catalogue includes color and black-and-white reproductions of works by each artist and biographical notes in addition to an extended bibliography and a list of artist exhibitions.