Venice events
MUSEUM GUGGENHEIM - VENICE
One of the elements of interest of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection is the fascinating historical character both of its founder, is the forum in which it is located.
Peggy Guggenheim was instrumental in the development of art of the twentieth century.
The Palazzo Venier dei Leoni is an unfinished masterpiece of architecture, begun in 1748 by the architect Lorenzo Boschetti. At the end of 1948 Peggy Guggenheim purchased Palazzo Venier by the heirs of the Viscountess Castlerosse. It will dwell for the next thirty years. From 1951, and until 1979, the year of his death, Peggy Guggenheim opens the palace and the collection to the public.
One of the elements of interest of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection is the fascinating historical character both of its founder, is the forum in which it is located.
Peggy Guggenheim was instrumental in the development of art of the twentieth century.
The Palazzo Venier dei Leoni is an unfinished masterpiece of architecture, begun in 1748 by the architect Lorenzo Boschetti. At the end of 1948 Peggy Guggenheim purchased Palazzo Venier by the heirs of the Viscountess Castlerosse. It will dwell for the next thirty years. From 1951, and until 1979, the year of his death, Peggy Guggenheim opens the palace and the collection to the public.