Venice Attractions
On The Beach © Peggy Guggenheim Collection
Peggy Guggenheim Collection
The Guggenheim collection is housed in the former Palazzo of the
wealthy American heiress and has become one of the most illustrious
collections of Modern Art in Italy. It spans the artistic movements
of Cubism, European Abstraction and Surrealism with notable works
by Brancusi, Marino Marini, Kandinsky, Picasso, Magritte, Rothko,
Max Ernst, Dali and Jackson Pollock. Peggy Guggenheim built up her
collection between 1938 and 1947 and bought the Palazzo Venier dei
Leoni in 1948 where she lived until her death in 1979.
Address: Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, 701 Dorsoduro;
E-mail: info@guggenheim-venice.it;
Website: www.guggenheim-venice.it;
Telephone: (041) 240 5411;
Transport: Ferry boat to Academia stop;
Opening time: Daily except Tuesdays 10am to 6pm;
Admission: €10; concessions available
