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y Peggy paintings which are the main
Guggenheim attraction in Venetian churches
Collection and museums.
Regular events are held at
Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, Dorsoduro the museum, including Kids’
701. Map 6 F4. Tel 041 240 54 11.
4 Accademia. Open 10am–6pm Day, for children aged 4–10.
Wed–Mon. Closed 25 Dec. & 9 The Kids’ Day project runs
= 8 - ^ ∑ guggenheim- every Sunday in English and
venice.it Italian with the aim of intro­
ducing youngsters to the
Intended as a four-storey world of modern and
palace, the 18th-century contemporary art. There are
Palazzo Venier dei Leoni in fact also daily presentations about
never rose beyond the ground Peggy Guggenheim and her
floor – hence its nickname, collection, as well as Ask Me
Il Palazzo Nonfinito (The Interno Olandese II (c.1928) by Joan Miró About Art, which actively
Unfinished Palace). In 1949 encourages interaction
the building was bought a Guggenheim discovery. between visitors and the
as a home by the American Other artists represented interns working at the
millionairess Peggy are Braque, Miró, de Chirico, collection. The interns
Guggenheim (1898–1979), Magritte, Dalí, Kandinsky, are art or art history
a collector, dealer and patron Balla, Severini, Picabia, graduates from all over
of the arts. A perspicacious Delaunay, Duchamp, Klee, the world – most speak
and high-spirited woman, Mondrian, Malevich, several languages.
she befriended and furthered Calder and Rothko. In 2009, a
the careers of many innovative Sculpture is laid out contemporary art
abstract and Surrealist artists. in the house and garden. gallery opened in the
One was her second husband, One of the most elegant Punta della Dogana.
Max Ernst. She bequeathed works is Constantin The Guggenheim
her vast collection of modern Brancusi’s Maiastra had planned to acquire
European and American (1912). The most the site; however, the
art to her uncle Solomon provocative piece is French businessman
R Guggenheim’s foundation Marino Marini’s Angelo François Pinault was
in 1979 with the stipulation that della Città (Angel of the granted the lease.
it remain in Venice. The museum City, 1948), a prominently
was inaugurated in 1980. displayed man sitting
The collection is one on a horse, erect in all u Campiello
of Europe’s leading modern respects. Embarrassed Barbaro
art galleries. It consists of onlookers avert their
200 paintings and sculptures, gaze to enjoy views Map 6 F4. 4 Salute.
representing almost every of the Grand Canal. Maiastra
modern art movement. The Guggenheim is by Constantin An enchanting little
The dining room has notable one of Venice’s most Brancusi square, Campiello
Cubist works of art including visited sights. The light- Barbaro is shaded by
The Poet by Pablo Picasso. filled rooms and the modern trees and flanked on one side
An entire room is devoted canvases provide a striking by the wisteria-clad walls of
to Jackson Pollock, who was contrast to the Renaissance Ca’ Dario. Throughout the

Boats moored at the Peggy Guggenheim museum on the banks of the Grand Canal

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