1948: the biennale of peggy guggenheim

may 25 - november 25, 2018
Peggy Guggenheim Collection | Venice, Italy

To mark the 70th anniversary of the exhibition of Peggy Guggenheim's collection in the Greek Pavilion at the 24th Venice Biennale, the Peggy Guggenheim Collection presents 1948: The Biennale of Peggy Guggenheim in the Project Rooms from 25 May to 25 November 2018.

Peggy Guggenheim's participation in the 1948 Venice Biennale was a landmark event. Europe - particularly Italy after two decades of dictatorial regime - had yet to see a collection so representative of "non-objective" avant-garde art, from Cubism and Futurism to Dadaism, Surrealism and Abstract Expressionism.

1948: The Biennale of Peggy Guggenheim will partially recreate the setting of the pavilion through selected works from the Peggy Guggenheim Collection and other prestigious loans, as well as documents, photographs, letters, and a three-dimensional model of the pavilion installation, whose layout was designed by celebrated Venetian architect Carlo Scarpa.