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The Palazzo Venier dei Leoni was never finished, but that didn't stop Peggy Guggenheim
from filling every available space indoors and out with art. Wander past bronzes by
Moore, Giacometti and Brancusci, Yoko Ono's
Wish Tree
and a shiny black-granite lump
by Anish Kapoor in the
sculpture garden
, where the city of Venice granted Peggy an honor-
ary dispensation to be buried beneath the Giacometti sculptures and alongside her dearly
departed lapdogs in 1979. Through the gardens is a
pavilion
housing a sunny cafe, a book-
shop, bathrooms, and temporary exhibits highlighting underappreciated modernist rebels.
Around the corner from the museum on Fondamenta Venier dei Leoni is a larger
museum
shop
, selling art books in several languages and replicas of Peggy's signature glasses -
winged, like the lion of San Marco.
