Peggy Guggenheim Museum in Venice

The Peggy Guggenheim collection is the most prestigious Italian collection dedicated to the European and American contemporary art. In this Museum you’ll find the masterpieces of the greatest artists of the first part of the 1900: Pollock, de Chirico, Picasso, Kandinsky, Brancusi and Duchamp. One of the most interesting collection is the Gianni Mattioli’s, one of the greatest collectors of ‘900. The works here exposed will give you an idea of the Italian Futurism with artists as: Sironi, Carrà, Soffici, Rosai, some paintings of Morandi and a beautiful portrait of Amedeo Clemente Modigliani. The Museum is situated in the only incomplete palace of Venice: The Venier House of Lions. Peggy Guggenheim bought it to realize the biggest modern art museum of the 50’s. She spent all her life with the only purpose of realizing a museum which could enhance the vanguards of all the world. Her passion wasn’t stopped from the second world war, during those years she continued travel all around Europe, mindless of dangers, looking for the works she wanted in her prestigious collection. The strong personality of Peggy Guggenheim allowed artists to become the most representative of the American Abstract Expressionism.

Informations to visit Peggy Guggenheim Museum:
When: Everyday from 10 am to 6 pm.
Never: Tuesday and the 25th December Tickets: 12 €, reduced tickets 7 €.
How to get here: From Piazzale Roma or from the central station: Ferry line 2, direction “Lido”, Stop “Accademia”.
Ferry line 1, direction “Lido”, Stop “Accademia” or “Salute”.
From Saint Mark square: Ferry line 2, direction “Piazzale Roma”, stop “Accademia”.
Ferry line 1, direction “Piazzale Roma”, stop “Salute” or “Accademia”.