Episode 69: Art & Love: Peggy Guggenheim (Part 1)

Welcome to Episode #69:

Are you dreaming of visiting Venice and one of the iconic places on the Grand Canal - The Peggy Guggenheim Collection?

If you would like to know more about Peggy Guggenheim (1898-1979) listen to the story of her life and how she found herself searching for a palazzo and a place to share her art collection with the world.

Here is the kaleidoscope of Peggy’s life and how she became a 20th Century icon in the art world.

Photo Venezia - 1950, David Seymour

Shownotes:

Resources Used for Research about Peggy Guggenheim:

Out of this Century: Confessions of an Art Addict by Peggy Guggenheim (Autobiography)

The Unfinished Palazzo: Life, Love and Art Venice by Judith Mackrell (great on Audible books)

Peggy Guggenheim: The Shock of the Modern by Francine Prose (great on Audible books)

Podcast Interview: Ciao Bella with Karole P.B Vail - Venice and the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, 15 December 2020

Documentary: Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict

The Story of Art Without Men by Katy Hessel

Peggy Guggenheim described Venice as her “dream city”

“I have never been in a city that gave me the same sense of freedom” - Peggy Guggenheim

Out of this Century: Confessions of an Art Addict

Out of this Century - Peggy’s Gallery in New York, 1942

 A vision when walking into the Peggy Guggenheim Museum - Pablo Picasso, On the Beach, 1937 

Stay Tuned for Part 2, Art and Love and the next chapter in Venezia, Italy