Today we toured the Peggy Guggenheim Collection next door. All modern art with cubism, surrealism, and abstract art, it is one of the premier collections in the world featuring over 300 works by over 100 artists of the 20th century.
Peggy Guggenheim bought Palazzo Venier dei Leoni on the Grand Canal in Venice, where she came to live after WWII. In Venice, she became a celebrity, known for her butterfly sunglasses, designed by Edward Melcarth, which she wore everywhere as she navigated the city in her private gondola and her accompanying dogs.
From 1951 Peggy opened her house and her collection to the public annually in the summer months. During her 30-year Venetian life, she continued to collect works of art. In 1970 she donated her palazzo and in 1976 her works of art to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation.
2020 Vision of Venice 
Wonderful museum! It’s too bad that you can no longer climb onto the roof of the Guggenheim from Casa Artom!
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So interesting!
On Wed, Jan 15, 2020 at 2:47 PM 2020 Vision of Venice wrote:
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What a culturally rich area you are staying in, Linda. Even the building is beautiful!
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