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Peggy Guggenheim Collection
After tragically losing her father on the
Titanic
, heir-
ess Peggy Guggenheim befriended Dadaists, dodged
Nazis and changed art history at her palatial home on
the Grand Canal. Peggy's Palazzo Venier dei Leoni is
a showcase for surrealism, futurism and abstract ex-
pressionism by some 200 breakthrough modern
artists, including Peggy's ex-husband Max Ernst and
Jackson Pollock (among her many rumoured lovers).
Map
F4
Palazzo Venier dei Leoni
704
adult/senior/reduced €14/
11/8
10am-6pm Wed-Mon
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