1948: the Biennale of Peggy Guggenheim

Peggy Guggenheim durante l’allestimento del Padiglione Greco, alla XXIV Biennale di Venezia, 1948 | © Fondazione Solomon R. Guggenheim | Foto Archivio CameraphotoEpoche, donazione Cassa di Risparmio di Venezia, 2005<br />
Peggy Guggenheim during the preparation of the Greek Pavilion, at the XXIV Biennale di Venezia, 1948 | © Fondazione Solomon R. Guggenheim | Photo Archivio CameraphotoEpoche, donation by Cassa di Risparmio di Venezia, 2005

 

From 25 Maggio 2018 to 14 Gennaio 2019

Venice

Place: Peggy Guggenheim Collection

Address: Dorsoduro 701

Times: Daily 10 am - 6 pm | Closed Tue/ 25 Dec | The ticket office closes at 5.30 pm

Responsibles: Gražina Subelytė

Ticket price: Full 15 € | Reduced 13 € | Special Reduced 9 € | Free admissionChildren under 10 yrs., members

Telefono per informazioni: +39 041 2405411

E-Mail info: info@guggenheim-venice.it

Official site: http://www.guggenheim-venice.it



2018 will mark the 70th anniversary of the exhibition of Peggy Guggenheim’s collection in the Greek Pavilion at the 24th Venice Biennale. It was a landmark event. Not only it was the first display of a comprehensive modern art collection in Italy after two decades of dictatorial regime, but also the first showing of Peggy’s collection in Europe, following the end of WWII and her move from New York to Venice.

More than any other exhibition in that Biennale, Peggy’s collection offered a broad overview of the artistic developments of the first half of the 20th century, including Cubism, abstraction, Surrealism and, above all, the latest developments of American art, marking the first sighting of Jackson Pollock’s art in Europe. The layout of the pavilion was designed by the eminent Venetian architect Carlo Scarpa. The show will include multimedia, photographic, ephemeral materials describing the pavilion and Peggy’s collaboration with Scarpa, and a 3D model of the exhibition layout, thus allowing for the examination and envisioning of this watershed moment in the career of Peggy Guggenheim and the history of the Venice Biennale.

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