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A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler
A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler

Peggy Guggenheim: The Last Dogaressa

Sept 21, 2019 – Jan 27, 2020
Dorsoduro, 701-704, 30123 Venezia VE, Italy

It’s a trope of childhood, exploring for treasure in grandma’s attic. But what if your grandmother is Peggy Guggenheim and her attic is a museum? In 2017, Peggy’s granddaughter Karole Vail, a longtime curator at New York’s Guggenheim museum, began as new director of the Guggeheim in Venice—formerly her grandmother’s home and still home to her art collection. Vail is now lining up the exhibitions. This one looks at Peggy’s collecting in Venice, from the late 1940s until her death in 1979. —L.J.