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What inspires a collector and when do personal collections become something more? Visit NOMA on select Fridays and Saturdays this winter to explore the on-screen stories of passionate collectors who have helped shape the 21st-century art museum landscape.
Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict
Saturday, January 6, 2 pm
Not rated | | 1 hour, 36 minutes | Watch the trailer
Marguerite “Peggy” Guggenheim (–) was an American art collector, bohemian, and socialite. Born to the wealthy New York City Guggenheim family, she was the daughter of Benjamin Guggenheim, who went down with the Titanic in , and the niece of Solomon R. Guggenheim, who would establish the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation. Peggy Guggenheim created a noted art collection in Europe and America primarily between and She exhibited this collection as she built it and in settled in Venice, where she lived and exhibited her collection for the rest of her life. The Peggy Guggenheim Collection is a modern art museum on the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy, and is one of the most visited attractions in the city. Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict is a portrait of a patron of the arts extraordinaire who transformed a modest fortune and impeccable taste into one of the premiere collections of twentieth-century art.
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Collect-O-Mania Film Series: Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict
Sat, Jan 6th, go on doing PM - PM
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