Peggy Guggenheim Museum:
This is a museum of modern art. Peggy Guggenheim, a billionaire from New York, acquired an unfinished palazzo in 1949 and set up a salon in it, which soon grew into a museum of modern art.
Peggy herself remained in Venice until her death in 1979 and is buried here in the garden along with her beloved dogs.
The museum’s permanent exhibition includes works by Picasso, Brancusi, Kandinsky, Miró, Klee, and Dalí.
In addition, interesting temporary exhibitions are regularly held here.
Peggy lived here for 30 years and bequeathed the house and her vast collection of paintings to the Guggenheim Foundation.
The Venetian museum (one of four owned by the foundation) houses works by famous cubists and futurists, abstract expressionists, and surrealists: Léger, Mondrian, Miró, Dalí, Picasso, Magritte, and Modigliani.
As well as paintings by Max Ernst, a famous German artist and “in addition” – Peggy Guggenheim’s third husband.
Today, the museum hosts exhibitions of 21st-century artists. Part of the permanent collection is traditionally displayed in the garden.
In one of its corners, by the way, rest the remains of the legendary owner of the palazzo. Next to her tombstone, you can see a plaque with the names of her 14 favorite Lhasa Apso dogs.
Open every day except Tuesday, December 24, December 25, January 1, May 1
